ice Thresher Vol. XC, Issue No. 19 SINCE 1916 Friday, February 14, 2003 Tuition indexing to end Next year's freshmen's tuition up 7.4 percent; returnees' up 2.4 percent

bhyv Markt BerensoRprpnenn Tuition indexing THRESHER%ITORIAL STAFF The Board of Trustees approved a plan in 1994 to fix tuition increases for returning stu- Tuition rates for incoming freshmen in the dents at the rate of the CPI, an economic index fall 2004 will not be tied to the Consumer Price that tracks the average annual change in prices Index as tuition rates have been in the past. of a representative group of consumer goods Tuition in 2003-04 for freshmen will in- and services. Under the plan, the board sets crease 7.4 percent over this year's freshman tuition for incoming students on an annual class tuition, to $18,850 from $17,550. Tuition basis. for returning students will increase 2.4 per- Currie said one of the main reasons Rice cent, or $400. introduced indexing was to make the univer- sity more economically attractive, but this has not affected interest in Rice. Negative endowment growth, high insurance "An economist would say a family looks at costs leads to tight budget. See Story, Page 11. a four-year price, not just the first-year price," Currie said. 'Turns out, parents look at the The tuition rates for next year and the first-year price." decision to eliminate tuition indexing were President Malcolm Gillis, an economist, decided at the Board of Trustees meeting said since families were not responding ratio- Dec. 10 and 11 and were announced yester- nally, it did not make sense to keep the pro- ALEX SIGEDA/THRESHER day. gram. Vice President for Finance and Adminis- "Families are not taking that at all into Swinging for the fences tration Dean Currie said both the amount of account because there is a certain amount of Junior third basemen Craig Stansberry, a transfer from North Central Junior College, had the tuition increase and the elimination of the irrationality," Gillis said. "Since it wasn't hav- two hits In Wednesday's 6-4 victory over University of Texas-San Antonio. Stansberry tuition indexing program were in part related ing the desired purpose, there was no reason impressed fans with his speed In beating out a bunt and twice advancing on UTSA wild to the national economic downturn and Rice's to keep on doing it." pitches. budget situation. (See Story, Page 11.) See TUITION, Page 12 Eight candidates run for president

by Jenny Rees Students will also elect leaders cil representatives, Sammy the Owl THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF for nine blanket-tax organizations: and two referenda will also appear Rice Program Council, Rice Student on the ballot. Eight candidates are running for Volunteer Program, Honor Council, Previously, Sammy the Owl vjas Student Association president in the University Court, KTRU, RBT, elected in the Spring Election along SA General Election, more than have Thresher, Campanile and University with at-large Honor Council repre- run in any of the past 25 years. Six Blue. SA officers, University Coun- See PRESIDENT, Page 11 individual candidates and two candi- date pairs will be on the ballot. The election will be held online Feb. 21-26. A DECADE OF SA PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES "I'd like to think that so many people are running because more Year Candidates Year Candidates and more people see the senate as 1994 4 1999 2 the best means of getting things done 1995 3 2000 4 on campus, because it's either that or 1996 6 2001 2 they want to fix what I screwed up, 1997 5 2002 2 and I really hope that's not the case," 1998 3 2003 8 SA President Matt Haynie said. President search committee planned

by Skye Schell as president June 30, 2004. The what kind of leadership will be most THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF search committee will include rep- appropriate and relevant for this resentatives from the major constitu- path, Barnett ('55) said. Students who want to make sure encies at Rice. "In the last 10 years, Rice has the newpresident doesn't mind look- The committee will meet starting more collaborative efforts going with ing comical in costumes with Vice next month and should conclude its other institutions than ever before," President for Student Affairs Zenaido search by November, Board ofTrust- he said. "That has got to be part of Camacho during study breaks will ees Chairman Bill Bamett said. He the future. We don't want someone be given the opportunity to have described the committee's task as who doesn't want Rice to ever deal STUART SINCLAIR/THRESHER their voices heard. discussing the criteria for choosing with other institutions." Rice has begun the search for a Rice's next leader, talking to the lead- The committee has not decided The surreal medieval? new president and an undergradu- ership of other universities to get whether it will employ a search firm Baker College junior Megan Batchelor and Will Rice College sopho- ate to serve on the search commit- their advice and finally entering the in the process. Rice has not used a more Daniel Phalen dance at Archi-Arts Saturday as one of the tee. The search follows President application process. search firm in its previous searches, oversized presidential heads overlooks the scene. Malcolm Gillis' December an- The committee will begin by dis- but some of Rice's peer institutions nouncement that he will step down cussing where Rice is headed and See SEARCH, Page 6 Open council meeting Sunday INSIDE Happy Valentine's Day OPINION Page 4 The council is also considering changing Israeli-Palestinian discussion must be fair by Rachel Rustin Today is a very special day for about the structure of the first level of appeals. While THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF 15 Rice students. For everyone else, it is this level is currently an appeal to Assistant A&E Pag* 15 a typical Friday, complete with studying Dean for Student Judicial Programs Patti Bass, Moving freely Honor Council members will answer ques- and playing Four Square at Will Rice the council is looking into having the first level tions about the council's process, appeals sys- College tonight. tem and recent cases at an open meeting of appeals go to a board, which might consist SPORTS Page 17 Sunday. of professors, professors and the assistant Lady Owls riding four-game win streak The meeting, which will take place at dean, or professors and undergraduates. The Juice is loose "There hasn't been a consensus on Quote of the Week 7:30 p.m. in Farnsworth Pavilion in the Stu- The Owls take part in the Astros Col- whether our proposal will include a board at "We are disappointed and frustrated and dent Center, will have an open structure to lege Classic tonight at 7 p.m.. tomorrow allow for student feedback, Honor Council the first level of appeal," Honor Council Chair angry at ourselves for letting the team down. night at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 11 a.m. — Junior golf captain Ryan Morgan, on the officers said. Joan Shreffler, a Lovett College senior, said. Before you go to Saturday's baseball team's play in the final round of this week's "We are looking for feedback from students At the meeting, council members will dis- game, check out the women's tennis team, tournament. See Story, Page 18. and faculty on this in particular at Sunday's cuss the proposed changes to the appeals who plays at 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. at Jake meeting." Weekend Weather structure. Hess Tennis Stadium, or the men's bas- The proposal includes limiting the grounds The proposal is also being evaluated by the ketball team playing at Autry Court at Friday for appeals to three reasons: new evidence, Graduate Student Association, the faculty and 2:05 p.m. Showers, 58-71 degrees claims of bias on the part of the Honor Council members of th j administration. It will go to a Saturday Isolated thunderstorms, 54-69 degrees or a procedural error by the council. Those vote of the student body before being taken Scoreboard who review appeals would be required to write into final consideration by the president. Sunday Baseball Showers, 43-62 degrees a case abstract and would have limits placed "Ideally, the proposal would go to a vote of UT-San Antonio 4, Rice 6 on how they can adjust the punishment. See HONOR, Page 10 THE RICE THRESHER OPINION FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14,2003 v-.'v.!*- •) "f ' i '•5$f T \ , -r ' a cry m • Sm the Rice Thresher Making us pay In "arning the price for future students, Rice needs to remain honest about its prices and maintain its unique affordability. The university announced yesterday that tuition for the Class of2007 is increasing more than 7 percent from the rates charged to the Class €> of 2006. (See Story, Page 1) Though we understand that tough eco- nomic times force Rice to charge more, the changes in the fee structure worry us. For the past decade, Rice students could take solace in the fact that though each year freshmen paid a substantial sum more than the previous year's class, for the next tliree years tuition would go up at the rate of inflation. Unfortunately, this is ending. ~rnr~*•* - - —i i i %> Administrators say we shouldn't keep our superior system because other schools haven't adopted it However, while almost everyone at I t=r\ Rice would argue that the college system is superior to the fraternities, we don't hear the administration railing for the Greek system simply because most others have them. Rice is unique in many respects—its size, KTRU and the Honor Code to name a few — and it is the %> uniqueness that makes Rice what it is. instead of just another Ivy League wannabe. Instead of following what other schools are doing in order to MEN conform, the administration should be embracing Rice's uniqueness. AT However, if tuition indexing is to be eliminated, the university must take proactive steps to ensure the negative effects of tuition WORK. hikes are minimal. The composition of financial aid packages must remain the same tc so the financial burden on students will not increase after freshman year. Without indexing, freshmen tuition may be relatively less expensive, but the increases each year will be more substantial. As a result, if only the loans portion of a student's aid package increases after freshman year, then the amount of loans the student is taking out will be substantially more by senior year compared to the current situation under indexing. This could significantly increase the real LETTERS TO THE EDITOR cost to students and force Rice to lose its coveted bargain status. It prospective families tire ignoring the four-year price of a univer- and consider a career in Louisiana. formed decision, so I'll refrain from sity . as Rice claims, then the elimination of hiition indexing will allow Honor Code rules Our land is rich, our people are kind. making any decision at all." Although Rice to engage in a version of bait-and-switch that many colleges should be better known and we have miles and miles of un- this rationale is based on an admi- spoiled bayous and forests for you rable spirit that recognizes the im- play: a low first-year price, followed by large increases each year. To the editor to come and share. We have cleaned portance of educating oneself and Even if other schools didn't follow Rice's lead in adopting indexed 1 am rather surprised by Profes- up our politics and are invesring thoughtfully considering complex tuition, even if it didn't attract students to apply to Rice, indexed sor De Bremaecker's suggestion of heavily in our schools and infrastruc- issues before rendering judgment, tuition should be kept so the university can keep its commitment to an improvement to the Honor Code ture. it leads us astray when it justifies be honest and forthcoming with its cost as possible. in his letter to the editor ("Honor last Saturday was our most suc- apathy. Code should improve its definitons," cessful Gumbo Posse endeavor ever. The stakes of the current conflict Feb. 7). It anybody reads the proce- We regret that we ran out of the are so high and the moral, economic dures of the Honor Council, they product but promise that if you ask and political conflicts so dire, that to will find that it is necessary tor a us back, it will never happen again. justify one's apathy by merely nod- unanimous vote of the nine voting We greatly enjoyed watching the ding to one's ignorance amounts to Preventing peeping members of a hearing to find a stu- Lady Owl victory Saturday night, silencing o le's OWTI voice and pre- dent "In Violation." and the guys roared at the antics of cluding future actions. The Feb. 6 peeping incident by contracted workers at Will Rice It also requires that each mem- the Marching Owl Band. This is exactly the sort of posture College was, frighteningly, not an isolated event. (See Story, Page 8 ) ber judge whether the relevant evi- Backs aching and knees hurting, college students ought not assume. Peeping has occurred in the past, and Rice should take proactive dence merits such a verdict. It can we slept very well Saturday night Our potential for staging activism steps to make sure it doesn't happen again. lead to situations in which a single and left in the Houston fog at 6:30 and conducting reasoned discourse dissenting vote will allow a student Sunday morning. The only damper is at the center of not only our rights First, a Rice employee should be required to supervise all con- to be found "Not in Violation." on the weekend was the loss of Co- but also our responsibilities. tracted workers when they are working near residential colleges. I do not believe the improvement lumbia. and we said prayers for our Second, such workers should be required to wear nametags discour- should come from revising the fallen comrades just a few miles Ben Ratner age inappropriate behavior by making it easier to report security Honor Code. which has already seen north of Rice campus. Thanks to the Hanszen junior breaches. numerous revisions through the Thresher for coming and talking to Rice Students for Progressive years. Rather, the solution should us. Activism member Third. Rice should keep a "blacklist" of all workers who are be that the students and faculty We greatly enjoyed your pres- expelled from campus for offenses like peeping, and it should share should read and understand the ence. and we hope you enjoyed our this list with all independent contractors. Hi is is necessary because code. gumbo. I consider myself one of the a worker expelled for inappropriate behavior may still be hired by a I find although everybody under- luckiest men in the world. Now I CONTACTING THE different contractor and thus show up on campus again. There is no stands that the code is meant to have lots of friends and acquaintan- prevent academic dishonesty, very ces at Rice University. THRESHER evidence that such a thing happened Feb. 6, but when campus tew have actually read the code, and security is at stake. Rice should take every precaution it can. most of those who have read it have N. Kreig White Letters forgotten i:. .As members of the Rice The Gumbo Posse By taking these actions. Rice will hopefully become a more airtight • Letters to the editor community, it is our duty to familiar- campus, one that keeps workers on the job and perverts at home. should be sent via e-mail to ize ourselves with the Honor Code thresherlirice.edu. Letters and to uphold it. whether as mem- Students must avoid must be received by 5 p.m. on bers of the Honor Council or as apathy about war the Monday prior to a Friday students and faculty at Large. publication date. To the editor.: • All letters to the editor Appealing for speed Roy Ha Our nation stands on the brink of must be signed and include a Electrical and Computer a war that would no doubt sacrifice phone number. rhe Honor Council has proposed drastic changes to the system Engineering graduate student: many American troops, further en- • Letters should be no used to appeal its decisions and something of this magnitude should Lovett 02 danger American citizens and bring longer than 2,r>0 words in be taken very seriously However, serious and quick are not mutu- tremendous suffering and death to length. The thresher reserves ally exclusive — we urge all groups on campus involved in recom- Rice students' 'twinkle' both terrorists and innocent Iraqi the right to edit letters for mendations to the Honor Council to do so in a timely manner. civilians. both content and length. appreciated by Posse Yetyouths in .America are largely The necessity to complete this process soon is only strengthened silent, apathetic and ignorant about News Hps by the tact the Honor council election and changeover are approach- To the editor this. My purpose in writing this let- • lips for (KMtsiblr nt ws sto- ing It is vttal that the group of students who have spent so much time On behalf of my fellow Gumbo ter is not to advocate a particular ries should he phoned in to on this proposal carry it through all of the proper channels. Posse members. I would like to send opinion about the war. though my the Thresher at (7 I t) ;t4H 4.K01 After the open meeting Sunday, the undergraduate population a grateful thank you to all who came pacifist biases have already come to see as Saturday evening While through. Rather I want to question Subscribing will have been educated about the topic. Graduate students have preparing the fixings on Saturday, student apathy and advocate that all • Annual auhsi ilptionei ait* scheduled a meeting on their own. The Faculty Council is already in more than one of our members men- students take responsibility for edu- available tin $50doinr»m and the process of developing a position and other Ad Hoc committees tioned how the students, fiacuity, cating themselves, developing in- $105 international via Hist are working to complete their tasks. security officer, rugby players and formed opinions and acting on their class mail beliefs. We hope that administrators involved in the process see the others stopped to chat with us. We noticed the sureness in your step, There is a common excuse riiai Advertising urgency with which other campus constituencies put this through the twinkle in your eye and the char many students provide in attempt- m We accept display and their system and follows suit. n.sma ail of you carry ing to justify their apathy, an excuse classified advertisements We shared on the way home our I have also been guilty of making. Please contact the Ihresker Unsigned editorials represent the majority fptnum of the Thresher' hope that when you graduate, you The excuse says. "I don't have tor more information editorial staff might want to take a look at our state enough information to make in in- , THE RICE THRESHER OPINION FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2003

I'm part of the problem Guest column V-Day is more than Hallmark conspiracy U.S. must reluctantly strike Today is a day ripe with V words; sure and danger in the 21st cen- A world without violence is a vi- Valentine's day is probably still the tury. sion I'm more than willing to sub- most obvious. But over the past few Ensler's play grew into the V-Day scribe to. A review of a book I once down sneaky Saddam years, the Hallmark holiday has been Foundation (www.vday.org), which read said it was "for every woman, transformed from the brings the issue of vio- and every man who thinks he knows The following is the first of three Iranians and Kurds murdered by most nauseating attempt lence against women to a woman." columns authored by different his chemical weapons or slaugh- at instituting cloyingly the forefront with The students on potential U.S. mili- tered in unprovoked invasions of saccharine images of ro- Vagina Monologues as its tary involvement with Iraq. both Iran and Kuwait. mantic love to the day of crown jewel. Named one War against Iraq is Our distance from Eve Ensler's V-Day cam- of the top charities in the The Vagina terrible, but it would be Iraq affords us little paign. United States last year, V- Monologues a mistake not to act. protection. No link be- V-Day has added to my Day raises awareness by There is much more at tween Saddam and Al- Valentine's Day vocabu- capitalizing on the skills demonstrates the ability stake here than barrels Qaeda has been lary more significant, ex- people already have. of crude; Iraq is ruled proven, but why citing words —words like Carly The Stop Rape contest of the arts to affect by a sadistic despot pre- wouldn't Hussein violence and that ever- Kocurek challenged college stu- senting a very real dan- abide by the age-old frightening word, vagina. dents to harness their positive change. ger to the security of maxim: "My enemy's I have no doubt that ideas to engineer creative both the United States enemy is my friend." The Vagina Monologues along ways to stop rape. V-Day puts money and the world. Diplo- James It is folly to suggest where its mouth is, too: The contest with V-Day and all that comes with it matic containment has Sulak that Saddam would demonstrates the ability of the arts selected winners and financed their While I might not have thought failed. It seems inevi- pass up an opportu- to affect positive change. initiatives, resulting in everything that sentiment held true of the bulky table that the United nity to strike at the Eve Ensler wrote The Vagina from rape awareness bread bags to novel, I think it holds true of The States will lead a multi- heart of his enemy. Monologues after interviewing hun- night escort cars driven by profes- Vagina Monologues. Too long, men lateral campaign to disarm and The very nature of being a liberal dreds of women from different cul- sional counselors. and women have missed women's overthrow Saddam Hussein. democracy makes us vulnerable full experiences. As a result, viola- tures, classes, countries, genera- That might be all fine and dandy, Legally, it is a clear-cut case: to terrorist attacks by a few deter- tions and issues that exclusively af- tions and economic groups about but why should V-Day and The Va- Iraq is in material violation of mined people. We cannot allow fect women have seemed distant and their holiest of holies. The result is a gina Monologues matter to people United Nations Security Council terrorists to be armed with Iraqi irrelevant. I assure you, these experi- series of stories that unmask the (namely men) who don't even have Resolution 687—Iraq cannot pos- chemical and biological weapons. ences are not. The Vagina Mono- female experience at its most com- vaginas? I could make the plea for sess or develop weapons of mass Forcibly disarming Iraq while logues, likewise, is deliciously rel- plex and uncomfortable, revealing men to think about their mothers, destruction. Iraq must demon- remaining armed ourselves is not evant. The play may be shocking and pleasure and violence, self-discov- sisters, friends, girlfriends, etc. But strate that it has destroyed its inconsistent. Despite possessing graphic, but it's also funny and true. ery and embarrassment. that gets old, doesn't it? chemical and biological arsenals a massive nuclear arsenal, the Ensler's mission is to eradicate Violence against women affects Go see it. I dare you. of the Gulf War. It must cooper- United States has not used weap- violence against women. Maybe everyone, if for no other reason than ate with the inspectors charged ons of mass destruction in 60 she's a publicity hound, maybe she's the fact that it polices the way women Carly Kocurek is a Will Rice College with verifying that the terms of years. Saddam has. The United a flake, or maybe she's a vision- act (we have to "know better" than junior, arts and entertainment editor surrender are carried out. States has never initiated a war of ary — the patron saint of women to go out alone late at night) and the and the Rice University V-Day 2003 This has not happened. conquest. Saddam has. The navigating the course between plea- way they interact with men. Coordinator. Saddam Hussein has done every- United States governs democrati- thing in his power to acquire and cally. Iraq is governed by a des- hide weapons of mass destruc- pot, concerned with his own glory. Irony is overrated tion. In 1999 the United Nations The focus of American weap- concluded that Iraq possessed the ons design for the past decade ability to produce more than has been on killing fewer people. 25,000 liters of anthrax, and U.S. Iraq has concentrated on creat- U.S. superiority complex incites tragedies government reports state that Iraq ing weapons to ravage enemy ci- If only science could develop a way the ones destroyed Sept. 11, 2001. first, such as homelessness, poverty, can produce 500 tons of "sarin, vilians, torturing and slaughter- to inoculate countries against cul- In fact, at more than 500 meters in underfunded education, disease, mustard and VX nerve agent." Iraq ing dissenters in its own popula- tural ills. Think of it: In addition to height, the towers would be the tall- domestic violence and depletion of has not accounted for munitions tion. Allowing a ruthless dictator getting vaccinations for smallpox est in the world. resources. If we cannot show more "lost" after the Gulf War, and Iraqi to have weapons of such power in and hepatitis B, we could Why is this necessary of a commitment to solving these defectors tell of mobile biological the heart of one of the world's all get a shot that prevents or even being consid- problems on our own planet, then weapons laboratories specifically most volatile regions is lunacy. that peculiarly American ered? Yes, we need to we have no business going to Mars designed to evade inspectors. One of the virtues of democ- disease known in certain rebuild. And yes, we or any other world. But our grandi- In November the U.N. Secu- racy is that its citizens never con- circles as Mount Everest need to do it in a way ose visions demand exactly that. rity Council condemned Iraq's sent to war easily, and then only Climber's Syndrome that shows our country's We've proven to ourselves, and noncompliance and authorized after much deliberation. The (MECS). Okay, I made spirit has not been bro- to the world, that we are a resilient the use of force if it continued. people of Iraq cannot consent to the name up. Indulge me ken. country capable of both courage and And it has. It is time for Iraq to anything — they are ruled by an for now. But is erecting a pair imagination. Unfortunately, we've face the "serious consequences." absolute dictator, a man who threatens the families of his sci- MECS is a pervasive, of gargantuan skyscrap- also projected the image that we If the United Nations is to have entists, a man without respect for insidious psychological ers the best way to do it? value bragging rights and grandeur any authority, its diplomatic voice human life, a man who lusts for condition characterized Apart from the grue- above human welfare or even hu- must be backed up by member power. Saddam must be dis- by the attitude that we, as some possibility that a man life. We build bigger and faster nations' armies, including ours. armed. If all diplomatic avenues a country, must commit group of terrorists would object solely because we can and But most of all, it is necessary are exhausted and he does not do ourselves to big, grandi- target the buildings once leave the rest of the country behind. to protect ourselves. Anyone who this voluntarily, we are left with ose projects of questionable practi- again, there is a more general prob- If we're going to turn MECS on its thinks that Saddam will not use but a single option. We must re- cal value. Why? Because we can. lem with the design: It just isn't prac- head, we need to swallow our pride chemical or biological weapons is luctantly, cautiously go to war. And, to continue the mountain-climb- tical. Terrorists or no terrorists, and pull our heads out of the clouds dcceivu ig .limself — Saddam has ing analogy, we lose the ability to there is no reason any building for a while. Literally. in the past, and he will again in think and see clearly after we climb should be that large. It's not safe. It's the future. We cannot allow any- James Sulak is a Hanszen College past a certain point. In short, MECS not something to be proud of. It's Raj Wahl (Wiess '99) is a graduate one else to join the graves of the sophomore. is nothing more than an overly cute nothing more than immature one- student in chemistry. term for American arrogance. upmanship. This isn't the only case in which Americans are trying to climb too high for their own good. Look at the The Rice Thresher, the official student Columbia disaster, in which seven newspaper at Rice University since 1916, is We need to swallow our people died possibly because of an the Rice Thresher published each Friday during the school year, oversight on NASA's part. After the except during examination periods and pride and pull our holidays, by the students of Rice University. shuttle exploded, people around the Rachel Rustin country realized it was time to start heads out of the clouds Editor in Chief Editorial and business offices are located asking if has NASA been sloppy on the second floor of the Ley Student Center, for a while. when it comes to the safety of its Olivia Allison 6100 Main St., MS-524, Houston, TX 77005- astronauts or if the space program Senior Editor 1892. Phone (713) 348-4801. Fax (713) 348- should be scrapped or privatized. 5238. E-mail: [email protected]. Web page: NEWS CALENDAR www. ricethresher. org. 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Editor Gretchen Raff, Classified Ads Manager towers that would be even taller than ing issues that we have to address Meghan Miller, v4ss/. Editor FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14,2003 0 ——— Guest column Guest column INS special registration policies are inhumane Israeli-Palestinian discussion The United States is not im- and fingerprinting. Many have even interview process. mune to the breaches of human dig- been asked for their credit card num- In addition, procedures must be lacked balance, dialogue nity that American s so strongly criti- bers so that their purchases can be consistent at each INS office. The cize in other nations. tracked. Immigrants from more than deadlines must also be publicized We aH hate to sit and listen to groups felt that mainstream Imagine waiting in line 25 countries will now have more widely to cultural organiza- someone we know is wrong, es- American society is against them. for hours, only to be hand- to register — more than tions and to the public in general in pecially when we know they feel Most disturbing, however, was cuffed, arrested and 80 percent of the coun- an effort to reach even those who the same way about us. And yet, the feeling that both sides truly thrown into a holding cell tries listed are Muslim. have a limited background in En- this is what I did on believed they had all designed for 20 but al- While every nation has glish. Feb. 5 as I watched the the answers and that ready overthrowing with the right to properly reg- As the upcoming deadline for John Pilger movie Pal- theirs was the only people. ister visitors or immi- registration for the Pakistani and estine is Still the Issue, side worth hearing. To grants, it is a direct con- Saudi immigrants approaches, many Now imagine being followed by the ques- deny that there are at yelled at, deprived of food, tradiction of our nation's are worried about potential deten- the very least two valid spirit of equality to selec- tion and secret deportation. This fear tion-and-answer ses- water, bedding and ad- n sion led by Dennis perspectives in this is- equate clothing and Noorain tively enforce the regis- is even great enough to stop some sue is to deny any tration policy. from attending the mandatory reg- Bernstein, the host of knowing nothing about Khan the radio show chance of understand- why you are being de- With our government istration. Many also have difficulty ing and cooperation. with the English language and are Flashpoints on 90.1 tained or how long it could singling out Muslims KPFT. Simon Bernstein called on last, until finally you are released since Sept 11, perhaps it is no sur- not aware of their rights. The film is meant Birenbaum me to make the last days or even weeks later. prise that some Americans have fol- comment and I had Last December, 400 males — lowed suit Since Sept 11, a dra- to show people the "truth" of how Israel is the opportunity to mostly Iranian — showed up for a matic increase in hate crimes against voice my concerns mandatory INS special registration Muslim has been recorded. solely responsible for Imagine waiting in line the violence in the region and the about the close-mindedness that in California and were forced into A number of concerns with the characterized the discussion. It this horrific situation. registration process exists that ex- for hours, only to be suffering of the Palestinian people. Showing only a skewed was, perhaps, the first time I've Many of those arrested were le- ceed even the violations of the de- picture of an extremely complex ever had adults mad at me for gal immigrants awaiting INS hear- tention issue. handcuffed and issue, the movie closes the door something serious, and all I had ings; dozens of other examples Many immigrants do not even on the possibility of constructive done was voice my opinion re- across the country highlight similar know about special registration or arrested. dialogue. spectfully. violations of civil liberties, among that this registration is mandatory; them long and inexplicable deten- this lack of information is also in- To say the film is one-sided is Without saying where 1 stood tions, interrogations regarding reli- creased by the existence of a lan- an understatement. The movie on the issue, I asked people to at gious affiliation and secret deporta- guage barrier. It is our obligation to stand up for omits facts, presents statements least acknowledge that their per- tions. Inconceivable? Not in this This policy does not achieve its the rights that define us as Ameri- taken out of context and shows spective was only one point of post-Sept. 11 world. primary goal of hunting down ter- cans, rights that we take for granted. only the saddest most pitiful im- view in a conflict that has many The INS special registration pro- rorists because it is unlikely that a Hundreds of thousands of immi- ages to pull at viewers' valid points of view.Some people cess was created as a result of the terrorist would incriminate himself grants are being subjected to spe- heartstrings. There were pictures were receptive and came up to USA Patriot Act passed in October by reporting to the registration. As a cial registration, and we must do of demolished houses, but no me afterwards, extending their of 2001, giving the INS the right to result those who suffer are inno- something about it explanation that these houses also hands and showing a willingness served as booby-trapped bomb detain noncitizen immigrants for as cent. Help monitor the upcoming reg- to talk and to listen. Sadly, others factories. There were pictures of long as seven days without being The INS must put an end to de- istration deadline (Feb. 21) and end felt my comment implied they people waiting at checkpoints, but charged. tainment and arrests. While elimi- these breaches of human digity. Visit were wrong and needed to come no mention of suicide bombers Male immigrants from selected nating special registration is unreal- the Muslim Public Affairs Council around to what I felt was the truth. that sneak by patrols and blow up countries must report to the INS by istic, there are several necessary web site at www.mpac.org. They thought I was like they were marketplaces when travel restric- a certain deadline or risk being de- measures that the INS must under- —willing to ignore the possibility tions are relaxed. ported. The registration process in- take. The INS must fully disclose Noorain Khan is a Martel College that anyone who thinks differently volves an interview, photographs and standardize the questions of the freshman. There was talk of the unfair- can contribute something useful ness of proposed Israeli peace to the discussion on the Israeli- treaties, but no discussion of the Palestinian conflict. complexities and risks involved For people who think they in negotiating with an organiza- have all the answers, compromise tion known to fund and support cannot begin until the other side terrorism, like the Palestine Lib- has given up everything. For eration Organization. people like this, there can be no What bothered me most was understanding, no dialogue, no student discount! that this biased movie was pre- negotiation and hence, no peace. sented as a "documentary" and I was tempted to write that that Bernstein considered the films like Pilger's and speakers question-and-answer session to be like Bernstein should not be al- a dialogue. A documentary im- lowed on campus, but after I had plies objectivity, and a dialogue cooled off a bit from the meeting, implies that both sides are present I saw that this kind of censorship and willing to discuss; neither of would help no one. medium 1-topping these criteria was met. I was also tempted to write This is not the first time I have that if Rice is going to allow KPFT pizza 6 2 cans of Coke been exposed to one-sidedness to hold this kind of event on cam- flo coupon required in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. pus, it should invite a group rep- I encountered the same biased resenting the other side of the Pius tax Wm? Deep dish may be extra view being presented as truth this issue to make a balanced presen- past May when I visited Israel on tation. 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#> THE RICE THRESHER NEWS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14,2003 POLICE BLOTTER Students design bus tracking system The following items were reported to the University Police for the period Feb. 5-11. by Daniel McDonald project, but he said they don't have "But it would help us and give us THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF enough money in the lab to create a some tools to eventually analyze why Residential Colleges full campus-wide system. this happens and take some addi- Martel College Feb. 7 Baker College student was caught Five years from now, those wait- Frantz met with Administrative tional measures." attempting to steal a couch from the ing for a bus may be able to walk up Services Manager Eugen Radulescu Frantz said this project is a plat- commons. The student fled when to a shuttle stop kiosk and see the and talked to School of Architecture form for more research on wireless confronted. The couch was location of the buses on a monitor alumni to come up with a design for networking and is an offshoot of the damaged. along with the time until the nearest campus-wide deployment that would Rice Everywhere Network (RENE) bus arrives. involve kiosks. project, a project that worked to- Lovett College Feb. 8 Student reported two Baker College This could happen if a group of "The cost is on the order of ward a seamless wireless internet students were taking things out of Rice students can implement a $100,000, and it's kind of separate connection on campus and no longer his room. The complainant declined project that allows the shuttle buses from what we are doing now," he exists because its grant expired. to file charges. to wirelessly transmit their location said. Holman said the project's re- to a central database. Those work- search is a step in the right direction Lovett College Feb. 8 Officer responded to a caller who ing on the project are Will Rice se- to networking the campus, a goal reported seeing a student who had nior Kyle Bryson, Brown College that was first conveyed to him when been rusticated from Lovett. senior Randy Holman, Will Rice jun- he was a freshman. iors Eric Rechlin and Allen Wan, 7 would like to be with "When I came in as a freshman Other Buildings graduate student Patrick Murphy electrical engineer, we were sitting Student Center Feb. 7 Student found urinating in public and Executive Director for the Cen- the project through the down, and they were talking to us near Willy's Pub. The student was ter of Multimedia Communication point which the Rice and said, 'Just imagine having a PDA referred to University Court. Patrick Frantz. in your hand and being able to be, Holman, who has been with the community begins to for instance, in Duncan Hall on the Parking Lots project since its inception, said Glo- Internet ... checking your e-mail, West Lot Feb. 8 Compact disc player taken from a bal Positioning System data is trans- see the benefits from it walking outside, walking down the vehicle. mitted via Bluetooth, a wireless pro- — Kyle Bryson sidewalk, and still be on the Internet," tocol that allows communication over he said. Will Rice College senior Other Areas short ranges, and gathered at a cen- Frantz said students having Laboratory Road Feb. 5 Rice shuttle bus involved in a minor tral location. Internet access while in a shuttle accident. Base stations, which receive the might be possible once Bluetooth signals from the buses, are currently or the wireless LAN has been de- David Adickes Gallery Feb. 9 Intoxicated male at Archi-Arts located on the third floor of Baker Bryson said some things need to ployed. attempted to start a fight and bent College and the second floor of the fall into place before the kiosk idea Once the project is set up, Rechlin several vehicle license plates before Rice Memorial Center. Shuttle bus can become a reality. said the group will start transmitting being detained. Sergeant at site 10 is the only bus with the signaling "We're sort of in the final part of the data over 802.11, the standard requested an officer to transport hardware on it right now, Bryson the first phase, rolling out the cur- for wireless networking of comput- the subject. Subject remanded to said. rent system," he said. "If people ers on campus. his mother, and matter referred to Bryson said one of the more im- are pleased with that, and some- Benefits of using 802.11 include U. Court. mediate goals of the project is to one is interested in funding the using the same networking hard- create a Web site he hopes will be second phase, we'll go on to the ware as the rest of the university and Greenbriar Drive and Feb. 11 Road rage reported. Complainant running by next month that will show kiosks." increasing the range from which data University Boulevard reported that after she honked at the locations of the shuttle buses. Radulescu said the new technol- can be received, Rechlin said. the subject, the subject blocked in Rechlin said he wants to have ogy could help increase shuttle bus Rechlin said he hopes to con- the complainant's car with his more base stations and have the efficiency. tinue working on the project next vehicle, approached her vehicle and hardware on more buses before the "It's a 1.2-mile run on the inner year. hit her driver's side window. Officers Web site becomes operational. loop, and we have eight or nine bus "I would like to be with the project obtained information as to the Frantz, who came up with the stops, and some of the buses get through the point which the Rice identity of the individual, and an idea of the project in the fall of 2001, clustered because we have three community begins to see the ben- investigation is ongoing. said they are trying to find funding routes coming on the same loop, efits from it," he said. "Right now, all to complete the system. Frantz ini- and it's absolutely impossible to the benefits are just seen in the lab tially received $25,OCX) to fund the avoid that," he said. for research at Rice." Daley named director

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Michele I )aley h as replaced John Hutchinson as director of Academic Advising. "I'm excited," Daley, also a lec- turer in the Jones School of Manage- ment, said. "But at the same time, it's not a big change to what I do and definitely not from what students will see or how the students will interact with me." on* When he accepted the post as Brown College master, Hutchinson, also assistant vice president for Stu- dent Affairs and a chemistry profes- Take a FREE Practice Test at Kaplan's sor, said he would resign as director of Academic Advising once a replace- Test Drive and find out. KIJANA KNIGHT/THRESHER ment was found. Daley officially as- Michele Daley was named the new sumed the job Feb. 1. director of Academic Advising. Daley, who has worked in the office since J uly 2000, was promoted good job creating the PAA program, from associate director of Academic getting students involved and working Saturday, February 22 Advising. to improve the relationship between Daley said her objectives and those faculty and student advisers. Daley was Rice University of the office will remain the same. appointed because of her experience and contributions during her time at 9:00am Academic Advising, he said. "She brings in a strong under- 'She truly enjoys her standing of the advising system at Rice, as well as experience in partici- job. and it comes pating in every major new program To register, call 1-800-KAP-TEST or visit and policy decision from the office through when she of academic advising over the past us online at kaptest.com/testdrive today! three years," Hutchinson said. works with students.' Wiess College Senior Mike — Mike Bader Bader, who was the 2002 Orienta- Wiess College senior tion Week Student Director, said he was fortunate to get to know Daley during the summer. "Most people know about the amaz- "My goals haven't changed," she ing things that she has done with the KAPLAN said. "They are the same goals." Academic Advising during O-Week, She said she is looking forward to but she also helped in countless other continuing the Peer Academic Adviser ways including just taking time to talk 1-800-KAP-TEST program, ensuring students realize over the course of the summer," Bader kaptest.com/testdrive what resources are available and en- said. "I can tell that she truly enjoys suring they can access the resources. her job, and it comes through when •Test names are the registered trademarks of their respective owners. Kaplan is authorized under federal law to enroll non-immigrant alien students. Hutchinson said Daley has done a she works with students." THE RICE THRESHER NEWS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14,2003 Botsford named student director of 0-Week by Ian Everhart THRESHKK STAFF

Wiess College junior Whitney Botsford was named Student Direc- tor for Orientation Week last week. The student director organizes all university-wide events and works with the administration on academic advising and Housing and Dining issues. "I see my role as... bringing it all together to make O-Week happen," Botsford said. The student director is selected by a committee made up of two fac- ulty members, the director of Stu-

dent Activities, two previous coordi- KIJANA KNIGHT/THRESHER nators and the previous year's stu- Wiess College junior Whitney dent director, Wiess senior Mike Botsford is the student director of Bader. Orientation Week 2003. Botsford was a fellow at Wiess this year and advised at Lovett Col- When the new assistant director lege in 2001. She said while she does — who has not yet been named — not anticipate any major changes for arrives over the summer, he will SUSHI SUZUKI/THRESHER this year's O-Week, she has not yet attend the O-Week planning meet- examined previous years' reports or ings in preparation for him to take- Don't point that finger at me spoken to the previous student di- over, Masden said. Music Graduate Student Jade Simmons, host of Rice Broadcast Television's "What's Your Point," questions rector or this year's coordinators. "[T]he lack of an assistant direc- Martel College senior Vasco Bridges on the latest show, which is now available on Video-on-Demand. The This year's O-Week will lack an tor will not affect O-Week in any episode is the first of two parts on affirmative action and diversity at Rice. Other students on the episode assistant director for Student Activi- manner," Masden said. include Brown College freshman David Axel, Wiess College junior Kori Hillsman and Martel junior Eddie Leza. ties, who usually serves as the pri- Botsford agreed. mary adviser to the student direc- "I might be concerned if tor. Director of Student Activities [Masden] hadn't experienced Heather Masden, who was promoted O-Week before, but she's been here from assistant director this year, will the past two years doing it," Botsford continue to fill that role. said. SA begins search for undergraduate rep

SEARCH, from Page 1 cated to the search and committed to loves the theater. have done so, Barnett said. He said maintainingconfidonliality .The com- Teacher Mara Sidmore he expects to receive hundreds of mittee will not disqualify underclass- Just ask the students she teaches every day. But when it came to her applications but also plans to search men candidates, bui some under- for candidates. classmen may not have sufficient retirement portfolio, she wanted a little less drama. "Very good people don't always experience, he said. So she turned to us, a fund mjjanager known for a steady hand. In these volatile times, apply, and you have to seek them "1 hope a lot of people apply to be out, and you have to convince them on the fpresidential search] com- w||an help people build portfolios that are anything but. to apply," Barnett said. "For example, mittee," Haynie said. 'It will make they've never been to Houston, or the job harder for the group picking 11 Now she saves all the theatrics for the stage. they're happy where they are." Lhe person, but that's good, I'm pre- The committee will include four pared to have a lot of applications to members from the board, one of whom weed through, and the more appli- Log on for ideas, advice,land results. TIAA-CREF.org or call (8 will be the committee chairman; three cations, the better." faculty members; two alumni repre- The SA committee applications sentatives and two students, one are available today at the SA office in graduate and one undergraduate. the Student Center. Haynie has not Barnett said he will serve as an ex announced the application deadline. officio member, and there may also be The board has already chosen a staff representative. the search committee's chairman Jim Crownover — (Hanszen '65) — and the Board's three represen- tatives — Teveia Barnes (Baker 'Very good people don't '75), Steve Miller and Bernard Pieper ('53). always apply, and you President of the Faculty Council Jack Zammito said the council is have to seek them out, currently deciding on the process and you have to by which it will choose its three representatives. convince them to apply. Director of Alumni Affairs Mark Davis said the alumni association For example, they've board has been in contact with the Board ofTrustees. The entire alumni never been to Houston, board has been submitting nomina- or they're happy where tions, and these will be#eviewed by the executive committee and voted they are.' on by the board, most likely next week, Davis said. — Bill Barnett Graduate Student Association Chairman of the Board President MilesScotcher announced of Trustees that GSA officers will be choosing the GSA's representative to the search committee this month. Scotcher will lead a discussion dur- The Student Association will ing the March GSA meeting regard- choose the undergraduate repre- ing what considerations the GSA sentative though a committee, SA wishes its representative to bring to President Matt Haynie said. The the search committee. five members of the committee will The search committee will settle be Haynie, SA Internal Vice Presi- on its top choices for president by dent Clare Johnson, Honor Coun- November, Barnett said. TtAA CR£f tadivtdual and itrstftutfisp Services, Inc. and Twdwrs Personal investors Services, Inc. distribute securities products. cil Chair Joan Shreffler, Thresher "The committee recommends For more information, call 800-842-2733, ext. 5509. for prospectuses. Read them carefully before investing. © 2002 Teachers News Editor Mark Berenson and three to five candidates for board Insurance and Annuity Association-College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF). 730 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10017 Will Rice College President Steven consideration," he said. "Techni- Caufield. cally, the board elects a new candi- Haynie said the SA committee is date, but typically there is a favor- looking for a student with extensive ite — that's kind of the way it experience at Rice who will be dedi- works." f. »•' f # •xij x i. s-t . * MP *v# *"* & " Trffl "0< •'''•" THE RICE THRESHER NEWS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14,2003 — STUDENT ASSOCIATION U. Court will receive reports from police The Student Association met Monday. The following were discussed. by Mark Berenson formation he needs. The amount of Vice President for Finance and • The SA presidential debate is Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the Grand Hall in THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF information is very similar to what Administration Dean Currie, who the Student Center. (See Story, Page 1.) he used to receive in police reports, oversees RUPD, said discussions are University Court and Rice Uni- Brickman said. continuing between Taylor and As- • Information on how to apply to be the undergraduate representative versity Police have reached an in- Brickman will not get full police sociate General Counsel Carlos on the Rice presidential search committee will be available today. terim compromise about releasing reports, Taylor said. Garcia about a system by which po- The student will be selected by mid-term recess. (See Story, Page 1.) information for U. Court cases after "We are giving him as much in- lice reports can be provided to hearings stopped because of an im- formation as possible without giving U. Court. • Academics Committee Chairs Phathit Kulkarni and Joe Elias were passe about what information RUPD him a police report," Taylor said. Garcia could not be reached for recognized by the senate for outstanding committee work. Kulkarni could provide. comment. and Elias have been working to gain approval for 100-level foreign U. Court Chair Daniel Brickman Brickman said it is his under- language courses as Group I distribution courses. said the deadlock began at the be- standing that he will be receiving ginning of last semester when RUPD full information about all incidents • The senate approved the Class of 2006 Council. Freshmen inter- started providing summaries of po- 'We are giving him as except those that involve a felony or ested in helping plan events should contact Wiess College freshman lice reports to U. Court instead of those that have a significant chance Jack Hardcastle at [email protected]. full reports. much information as of being presented to the Harris RUPD Chief Bill Taylor said his possible without giving County District Attorney. m The senate approved the Rice Aikido club, which is dedicated to the department stopped providing Taylor said he is optimistic that a study of Aikido, a Japanese form of martial arts. Those interested in U. Court with full police reports af- him a police report.' system can be developed that will learning more about Aikido should contact Lovett College sophomore ter the Office of the General Coun- satisfy both RUPD's and U. Court's Matthew DiPrima at [email protected]. sel advised him that doing so could — Bill Taylor needs. • cause difficulties if Rice wished to Rice University Police chief "We've got a system in place that m The senate approved the Field Hockey Club, which will compete handle a case through the Harris is going to work," Taylor said. "We're against local club teams. Those interested in playing field hockey County District Attorney's Office. going to be able to see if we can give should contact Hanszen College freshman Mary Dillman at Brickman, a Brown College se- Daniel what he needs, though there [email protected]. nior, said he has been told that if Vice President for Student Affairs are some issues that still need to be anyone other than a police officer Zenaido Camacho, who has been worked out." m The senate approved extending the deadline to submit election sees police reports, the reports are searching for a solution to the prob- Brickman said he is happy that petitions for Rice Student Volunteer Program Secretary and Univer- no longer privileged. This means if a lem, said a permanent process is U. Court is receiving sufficient infor- sity Court junior rep until Monday. All positions are now closed. case were to go a grand jury, the still being finalized. mation from RUPD but does not defendant would have access to the "The administration has listened understand why it took so long to • Jones College junior Shari Laster discussed proposed changes in the report, but if it remained privileged, to U. Court's concerns, and we are reach a solution. University Blue constitution. The senate approved placing the revised the defendant would not see the re- working out some ways to help "I'm surprised that the decision constitution on the General Election ballot. The revised constitution port until trial. U. Court in its processes while also took so long to reach," Brickman must be approved by two-thirds of the voters in the General Election, U. Court did not hear cases for balancing the needs to preserve cer- said. "But I'm happy with the deci- with at least 20 percent of the student body voting. about three weeks. tain records," Camacho said. sion that has been made because I Brickman said he has recently Camacho said he hopes an agree- feel that [the information contained • Jones junior Alan Kolodny and Wiess College sophomore Phil Levine received information from RUPD on ment can be reached in the next few in the new report is] an integral part discussed the development of a Rice environmental policy. Such a six cases and been given all the in- days. of the process." policy would ensure sustainable environmental considerations are part of the decision-making process for any project undertaken at Rice. Members of the senate decided they were interested in pursuing the issue as a resolution, which will be written and presented at the SA meeting Feb. 24. 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Two construction workers were ers are assigned to the waterproof- because they were just redoing their ber if they want F&E to cover their expelled from campus Feb. 6 after ing project. The two men were ex- own work." windows with paper for the remain- "What the employees would do peeping in a Will Rice College win- pelled from the Rice campus, and King said she received a few com- der of the project. literally was go and sit down in the dow and making inappropriate com- another crew of L.S. Decker work- plaints about the contractors, mostly room while the technicians went in ments about a student in the room. ers took over Friday morning. related to noise levels, but at least the bathroom and made these ad- The men, who were workers for Rice has contracted with L.S. one other about workers looking in justments," he said. "If a student the independent contractor L.S. Decker for several years without any windows. 'All of a sudden I came in and saw a Housing and Din- Decker, were not Rice employees. report of a similar problem, Price Will Rice President Stephen ing staff sitting there watching the The two men were working on scaf- said. Caufield said he has also heard com- heard, "Oh man, you contractors, that was what they were folding outside the third-floor win- D'Aubermont said the incident plaints. supposed to be doing." dow as part of an external water- made her feel uncomfortable. "I've had some people talk to me missed it. She just bent H&D reminded employees that proofing project, Housing and Din- "All I know is that they had to about [contractors] looking in and FF J turning on a student's television ing Director Mark Ditman said. make a really big effort to look things, but nobody was seriously over. could be considered an invasive ac- Will Rice senior Claudette through [the blinds]," she said. "I offended by them," Caufield, a se- — Claudette D'Aubermont tion, Ditman said. D'Aubermont said she was taking a guess since they were standing up nior, said. Will Rice College senior Contract firms know Rice has nap at about 4 p.m. when she heard and the blinds are slanted, they could Caufield said he saw a worker high expectations for professional loud voices outside her window. look down through them, but it was looking in his own first-floor bath- behavior, and H&D has received few D'Aubermont said she could under- really freaky." room window last week and reported complaints about misconduct, stand the men, who were speaking the incident. "We're trying to be proactive to Ditman said. in Spanish, because her parents are "Obviously if they are doing work make sure this doesn't happen "Rice is always going to have [con- from Argentina and she speaks Span- on the windows they're going to see again," Price said. tract] work, and we pay our bills," he ish. When she got up and walked 'Anytime a contractor s through the windows," Caufield, a All the window caulking should said. "There's a lot of incentive for over to her computer, she heard one senior, said. "But it seems a little be completed by today, Price said. them to monitor their behavior them- of the voices describing her move- behavior deviates from unprofessional to actually press your Work on the final stages of the selves —otherwise, they lose a good ments. face against the window to try to see project, including sealing Will Rice's client." D'Aubermont said she assumed what is acceptable on in." exterior walls, will continue. Rice does not require contrac- the men must be talking about some- The Will Rice waterproofing Maintenance projects like this tors to provide a list of the names of thing else because her blinds were campus they are project is in its ihird stage, which are usually completed when stu- their employees and does not keep a closed, but she realized she was be- expelled. And these involves replacing rubber gaskets dents are not on campus, Ditman list of workers expelled from cam- ing watched when she reached down around the windows with silicon said. For example, Jones College pus, Price said. to rearrange some wires under her guys were expelled, just caulk, grinding and filling cracks in will undergo waterproofing during Although F&E does not keep a desk. the stucco and coating the exterior the summer. Will Rice aiid Hanszen "blacklist" of expelled contractors, "My computer was having issues, like that walls with sealant, Ditman said. The College were overbooked with sum- it is unlikely that the two men could first and second stages of the project, mer maintenance, so the project ever work on campus again without so I went and was trying to unplug — Mark Ditman stuff in the back of it," she said. "All which involved roof and basement was scheduled for the school year, attracting attention, Price said. There of a sudden I heard, 'Oh man, you Housing and Dining director waterproofing, have already been Ditman said. are only a handful of external repairs missed it. She just bent over.'" completed. Rice policy does not require con- projects on campus each year, so D'Aubermont said she left the Caulking should take no more tract crews to be supervised by a F&E employees who work with con- room immediately and told Will Rice than two or three hours per window, Rice employee, but H&D has man- tractors get to know them well. College Coordinator Cece King, who D'Aubermont said she has heard Ditman said. However, workers may dated supervision in previous poten- Ditman said he considers inci- called H&D Business Manager Frank workers and seen scaffolding out- be forced to work near windows tially invasive projects, Ditman said. dents such as the one Feb. 6 inap- Rodriguez to report the problem. side her room at least seven times while repairing cracks in the walls. H&D staff supervised air conditioner propriate. -King said she personally repri- since the beginning of the semester, Facilities and Engineering is tak- repairs at Martel College during win- "You can speculate as to what it manded the workers. and she thinks activity has been con- ing steps to ensure that no other ter break to make sure no student was, but the important thing is any- "I just went outside, and they were centrated around the third floor, students will be harmed by the wa- items were broken or stolen. time a contractor's behavior devi- up on a platform up by the third-floor which is an all-girl floor. terproofing project, Price said. This Two Martel students entered ates from what is acceptable on cam- window, and I said in my limited "From what I could tell, from ev- week, each student was notified by their rooms on separate occasions pus they are expelled," he said. "And Spanish 'Don't look in the windows, ery now and then when I'd look out e-mail and by an F&E employee during winter break to find workers these guys were expelled, just like please,'" King said. my window, is they'd be putting the knocking on his or her door before watching television and sitting on that."

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by Mark Berenson "The music dean would be better THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF equipped to discuss what goes on in a music course rather than the hu- Music majors may have to fulfill manities dean looking at a syllabus," the same distribution requirements he said. as all other students next year. Chasteen said from what he and The University Standing Commit- the other undergraduate represen- tee on Undergraduate Curriculum tatives to the committee—Will Rice met Friday, and although the com- College sophomore Manu Gupta and mittee did not reach a decision, sen- Wiess College junior Rachel Rustin, timent at the end of the meeting fa- the Thresher editor in chief — had vored reverting to the distribution heard, students are in favor of re- requirements as listed in the 2001-'02 verting to the distribution require- General Announcements, which state ments in the 2001-'02 General An- that all students are required to take nouncements. 12 hours in each of the three groups. "Students wanted to maintain The conflict surrounding distri- equity, and for most students noth- bution requirements began when ing will ever change [by reverting Provost Eugene Levy, in consulta- back]," Chasteen said. "This would tion with the Dean's Council, unilat- establish an equal ground for all stu- erally changed the requirement in dents regardless of major, and at the the 2002-'03 General Announce- same time it potentially allows mu- ments, decreasing the number of sic students to have distribution distribution courses required for courses within their major." music students. Pomerantz, a psychology profes- listed in the General Announce- sor, said he expects the committee DANIEL KOCEVSKl/THRESHER ments as "a special note for music to reach a decision at its meeting majors," the clause establishes new Wednesday. The Civil War—in two days general distribution requirements for Speaker of the Faculty Jack Brady Severns plays Battle Cry, a Civil War reenactment game, during last weekend's OwlCon gaming Shepherd School of Music under- Zammito said if the CUC decides to convention In the Student Center. graduates —24 course hours of distri- revert back to the 2001-'02 General bution, with six in each distribution Announcements, the faculty would group and six of the student's choice. not need to take action. The faculty voted at its October meeting to deem the "special note for music majors" invalid, and last month stipulated that music majors wishing to use the distribution re- quirements as outlined in the note will have to petition the University Standing Committee on Examina- tions and Standing. RICE UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARS PROGRAM (RUSP) CUC Chair Jim Pomerantz said the committee spent part of the meet- (HONS470/471) ing discussing philosophical ques- tions: what the goal of distribution RUSP is designed for juniors or seniors from any department courses is, whether there should be symmetry across majors in distribu- who are considering graduate school and/or academic careers. tion requirement, how much stabil- Students who are accepted into the program undertake independent ity there should be in changes in the requirements and what Rice courses research projects mentored by a faculty member identified by the can reasonably provide to students. student. Research grants in the range $250-$ 1,700 per year are Undergraduate Representative Chad Chasteen said in addition to awarded to help pay the costs of RUSP projects. Many students reverting to a 12-hour distribution attend a professional conference and present a paper. requirement for each of the three groups, the committee wants to cre- ate a more centralized system to During the first semester (3 credits), each student writes a determine what courses count for distribution. 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 'This would establish second semester, (variable credit, usually 3-6 credits), students focus on research/writing and present their results orally and in the form of an equal ground for all a scholarly paper. students regardless of major; and at the same The RUSP faculty coordinators for 2003-2004 are: time it potentially Don Johnson ECE ([email protected]) x4956 allows music students James L. Kinsey Chemistry ([email protected]) x4937 James Pomerantz Psychology x3419 to have distribution courses within their For further information, consult the RUSP web page: major.' http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/-hons470/ — Chad Chasteen Jones College senior (or look up the HONS470/471 page from the Rice University home page). This web site includes information about applying for the • • 2003-2004 program. Applications can be filed either electronically Currently, each dean of the (preferred method) or by hard copy. The web site also contains a School of Humanities, Social Sci- ences and Natural Sciences deter- FAQ list and the names and email addresses of current RUSP mines what courses count for Group students. Please feel free to contact any of the faculty coordinators or I, II and III, respectively. "A more centralized system of current students. •I <» defining what classes are consid- ered distribution courses ensures that deans would be able to work OPEN HOUSE FOR INTERESTED STUDENTS; together in order to define the cur- TUESDAY. MARCH 18 7-9 p.m. Duncan Hall 1049 riculum that the university sees as defining a broad background for stu- dents," Chasteen, a Jones College senior, said. By involving all of the deans in Application deadline: April 4,2003. choosing distribution courses, there is a better chance music and archi- tecture courses will be deemed eli- gible for distribution requirements, Chasteen said. THE RICE THRESHER NEWS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14,2003 Columbia tragedy hits home for some at Rice of a tragedy such as this." by Daniel McDonald Newman has occasionally taken THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF things from Rice with him on his As Americans or as residents of four space flights. the space city, many members of the On STS-109, the last successful Rice community felt a connection to flight of Columbia, Newman brought the Columbia tragedy, but for some a banner for the Rice Space Institute, the connection was much more per- a banner for the Baker Institute, and sonal. three of public outreach CD-ROMs Jim Newman (M.A. '82, PhD '84) the Space Institute uses to teach earth flew on Columbia's last successful and space science to the public. mission from March 1-12, 2002. "It's a coincidence - that's all it is," he said. "Although the investiga- tion is still ongoing, they haven't 4 found anything that was particularly We've been just so tied a Columbia problem. If it was just a up with the recent Columbia problem, then we just got lucky, but that's true almost every events ... that I really time you go into space." Newman, the current Director of haven t thought how NASA's Human Space Flight Pro- gram, is stationed in Moscow. [the speech] is going to He said he felt very sad when he heard about Columbia because he play out.' knew the crew would probably be lost. — Shanon Lucid "When a vehicle breaks up, it's NASA Chief scientist very difficult for anybody to get out," ALEX SIGEDA/THRESHER he said. "The shuttle is not designed for people to survive an incident like Even in war, crime doesn't pay that." The banner for the Space Insti- Ben Ferencz, head prosecutor of the Einsatzgruppen during the 1945-'49 Nuremberg War Crimes trials talks Newman said all astronauts know tute, which was specially made for during the panel discussion held Wednesday night at Baker Hall, entitled "The Legacy of the Nuremberg Trials: there is an inherent risk in space travel. the flight, has the Rice Space Insti- War Crimes and Personal responsibility." Ferencz passionately supported the International Criminal Court as "The reality of it is, and the way I tute symbol on it along with a tribute embodying what he called the spirit of Nuremberg: establishing the rule of law to control the horror of war. He explained it prior to Columbia, was to the Kennedy's 1962 moon speech. said Nuremberg was the first step in affirming universal human dignity in the face of terrible brutality, and he in terms of Challenger, and that is Patricia Reiff, director of the has been working In the past 60 years to expand the application of these principles. simply that we know the risk, and Rice Space Institute and physics The other panelists were Gary Bass, a professor of politics and international affairs at Princeton; James we're interested in doing the job and astronomy professor, said the Morrow, professor of political science at the University of Michigan; and Jerry Fowler, past Special Litigation anyhow," he said. banner, which hangs in the Space Counsel for the Department of Justice and delegate to the Diplomatic Conference on the ICC. While astronauts view risk as Institute office in Herman Brown part of their job, Newman said they Hall, is a special treasure because still have an obligation to them- it was one of the last artifacts from selves and their families to at least Columbia. think about the danger and work Reiff said she doesn't think re- Honor Council reviews its history through it. cent events have considerably di- Newman said he has had to rethink minished the resolve of people who whether his job is worth the risk. want to go into space, because der to come up with a position. been fundamentally modified in HONOR, from Page 1 "I've thought about it and made they've always known there's a risk. Zammito said President Malcolm many ways." the student body at the same time at- the decision that this is something 1 "I have a graduate student who is Gillis asked the council to come up Internal Vice Chair Candice large representatives are elected to believe in doing and believe it's worth finishing up this year — Vance with an assessment. Hance, a Baker College senior, said the council, which is the last week in the risk of going into space in order Henize," she said. "His dad was an "I know that there is a time con- the council found some interesting March," Shreffler said. "This is, of to accomplish our goals in space," astronaut, and he wants to be the straint on this matter, too, because I trends from the past 30 years. course, contingent on approval of he said. first second-generation astronaut, the proposal by both the GSA and by know the Honor Council would like The appeals process appears to Although recent events have not and the recent accident has not [di- the assistant dean." to get a special election on this mat- begin around 1975 — either it did affected his desire to return to space, minished] his resolve at all." The council is proposing these ter this term, and I would not at all not exist or appeals were not really Newman said the Columbia tragedy This year's commencement changes because of the high num- wish Faculty Council to play any made, Hance said. has influenced his friends' and speaker and astronaut Shannon Lu- ber of cases that have had their pen- kind of delaying role in that," he In 1982, an ad hoc committee was family's feelings about him return- cid said she has not considered how alties reduced in the appeals pro- said. formed to study the role of the ad- ing to space. recent events will impact what she is cess. Zammito said he did not know ministration in the honor system. "Space flight, in the end, is hard- going to say at graduation. External Vice Chair Keith what will happen after the council The committee reported a high re- est on the families and people's "We've been just so tied up with Henneke said the disagreements are makes its recommendation. versal rate for appeals to the presi- friends," he said. "They live with the the recent events of the last week not necessarily the administration's "I think that it's very important dent and suggested that the admin- thought of the risk between flights that I really haven't thought how fault, as the problems have been that the Honor Council is raising istration provide explanations for and during the flight, and they live it's going to play out," Lucid, encountered for decades. Rather, he all the questions," Zammito said. each appeal. with the permanent consequences NASA's chief scientist, said. said, the regulations of the Honor "It deserves attention as quickly as In 1993, the Honor Council pro- Code, given to students in the blue it can so the agenda they are pro- posed changes to the blue book, book during Orientation Week, are posing can have a reasonable which included restructuring the open to interpretation. chance'." appeals process by instituting an Wiess Art Gallery opens tomorrow "I just think that the proposal Henneke said the faculty present appeals board. The proposal in- makes the blue book much less at the meeting seemed very support- cluded many other changes, but the by Sara McCleskey the talent that's around on campus vague about what the purpose of the ive, based on their questions and ones dealing with the appeals pro- FOR THE THRESHER because I don't think many people appeals process is," Henneke, a comments. cess were not approved by then-Dean are aware how strong the visual Jones College junior, said. "Right Shreffler said she and other offic- of Students Sarah Burnett. The stu- A new art gallery sponsored by medium force is in some Rice stu- now, it's pretty much up to interpre- ers began looking into the history of dent body approved a variety of other Wiess College and featuring the dents," Roberts said. "We see it as tation, which is a problem because the appeals structure and found it changes, which Burnett later re- works of Rice community members being something that everyone can the council interprets it one way and has been discussed and changes jected. opens tomorrow at 3 p.m. in the enter into and it being more of a the administration obviously inter- have been proposed throughout the This time around, Hance said, Wiess upper commons. community forum." prets it another based on their deci- last 30 years. the council is hoping to gather The opening will feature a show In addition to displaying art, Rob- * sions over the past couple of years." "In looking through historical enough student and faculty support entitled "Out of the Woodwork," a erts said he hopes to create a lender's Honor Council officers presented documents and records, it is clear so the process has a different con- collection of student works, includ- gallery, a program that would allow their plan and other information to that the appeals process is an ever- clusion. ing photography and studio art. Up- students to borrow art for decorat- the Faculty Council Tuesday. changing part of the honor system," "We're hoping to have enough coming shows will feature ceramics ing their rooms. Similar programs Speaker of the Faculty Jack Shreffler said. "Since a defined pro- support that we won't run into oppo- and sculpture. exist at MIT and Cornell, and Rob- Zammito said the Faculty Council cess of appeal was introduced to the sition from the administration like The Wiess Art Gallery will pro- erts said an art swap would allow will discuss the issue further in or- blue book in the late 1970s, it has we have in the past," she said. vide a space for Rice artists to share artists to share their works with a and display their art. Ari Briskman wider audience. (Wiess '02) initiated the project af- Roberts said he hopes the gal- ter he saw the initial architectural lery will become a permanent plans for the new Wiess Commons. venue on campus, and although Recognizing a valuable space for dis- the gallery is a Wiess-sponsored playing art. the Wiess Cabinet gave space, the gallery is open to any- thresher.rice.edu Briskman permission, and he peti- one interested. # tioned for a grant to create and main- "All artists from all mediums tain such a space. should feel accommodated," Rob- Wiess senior I )arius Roberts, who erts said. "We depend on them, and is currently directing the gallery they're the heart of our gallery." project, said the goal is to showcase Will Rice College junior Kbonee Rice talent that might otherwise go Butler said the Wiess Art Gallery is unnoticed and create a gallery where an interesting idea, and she is curi- Work for the Thresher. the emphasis is on students' art. Art ous to see the transformation of the submissions are welcome from un- Wiess upper commons. dergraduates, graduate studentsand "It's a tad bit unusual," Butler alumni, and shows will be sched- said. "However, it's very creative, uled on a rotating basis. and I would like to see the area in "We'd like to expose people to which it's going." THE RICE THRESHER NEWS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2003 11 Budget increase continues to slow Vice Presidents, Athletics Department asked to raise salaries minimally

by Olivia Allison said. However, the contract will end universities lost money on their in- THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF June 30,2004, and increased energy vestments during the 2001-2 aca- costs will become an important fac- demic year," the article states. Budget guidelines released last tor for budgeting. Rice experienced losses of about week by the President's Office asked Rice is currently negotiating a 10 percent, according to public af- departments to coflfrol expenditures new contract for energy, Currie said. fairs data from December 2002. more strictly, including salary ad- "Right now we are in the process Other universities' endowment re- justments. Vice presidents and the of trying to estimate [energy prices] turns ranged from a 19.8 percent director of athletics were asked to and negotiate contracts for fiscal loss to a gain of 10.1 percent, accord- accommodate modest budget cuts. year '04," he said. ing to the Chronicle article. The rate of endowment spending Slowed endowment returns have Budget restrictions will not af- in fiscal year 2004 will slow to restrained budget growth in recent fect maintenance operations on cam- 4.25 percent, from recent years' rate years. Because of investment losses pus as it has at other universities, of 5 percent. The rate for the fiscal and budgeted expenditures, the Currie said. The University of Hous- year ending June 30, 2005, is pro- endowment's value has fallen from ton decided to defer "non-critical jected to be only 3 percent, Budget $3.37 billion in June 2000 to about maintenance" to decrease their bud- Director Kathy Collins said. $2.75 billion in December 2002. get, according to last week's mes- Last week's budget guidelines sage from UH President Arthur follow other budget-restricting mea- K. Smith to the UH community. sures taken this year, including a Currie said such tactics are even- Tor us it is a realistic, temporary staff hiring freeze enacted tually more costly. in November and slowed book pur- "It ends up costing twice as much sober, but not chasing by Fondren Library an- when you let it go," Currie said. nounced in January. Collins said Rice has not cut back particularly worrisome Forty-five percent of Rice's oper- on its faculty recruitment plan""any ating budget comes from endow- more than usual." situation ment payout — money earned on — Dean Currie the endowment — a figure that is Vice president for twice as much as most other univer- sities, Vice President for Public Af- Finance and Administration fairsTerry Shepard said. As a result, 'The challenge we face EILEEN MEYER/THRESHER the university is more sensitive to endowment fluctuation than other this year is that we've Slamming it down schools are. got negative years for Baker College freshman Adriana Gonzales takes part In The Sanctuary's Because the cost of insurance now The Board of Trustees deter- poetry slam, held Friday at Willy's Pub. Gonzales Is part of Rice's poetry has a double-digit annual increase mines endowment payout, the all three years, which is slam team that will compete at a regional tournament. rate, it will be difficult to slow spend- endowment's contribution to each ing, Vice President for Finance and year's budget, using a three-year something that has not Administration Dean Currie said. The average of endowment returns to price of medical, property and work- prevent the numbers from changing happened since the ers' compensation insurance has in- erratically each year. The economic creased dramatically since the ter- downturn began in early 2000 with [1930s]: Presidential debate rorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. drops in the Dow Jones industrial —Kathy Collins Rice spent about $10 million in average and Nasdaq composite in- Budget director insurance costs in fiscal year 2002, dex, so next year's budget will only but$12 million were budgeted in 2003, have returns from the recession, Collins said. Collins estimated insur- Collins said. * to be held Tuesday ance costs to rise to $15 million in "The challenge we face this year "The provost never authorizes 2004. The $3 million increase in in- is that we've got negative years for 100 percent of the searches," she referendum is passed, the blanket PRESIDENT, from Page 1 surance costs for next year will con- all three years, which is something said. "I'd say he does for the major- tax allotted to Beer-Bike through sentatives, but this year the senate sume about 80 percent of the rev- that has not happened since the ity, and he will continue to do that." RPC will be increased from $3 to $5 voted to eliminate the Spring Elec- enue increase from the endowment. [1930s]," she said. Currie said the situation is still per student. tion. The Honor Council will hold Rising energy costs have not yet These endowment losses are not manageable, although the budget separate elections for at-large repre- "The cost of Beer-Bike goes up a been a major problem because Rice unique to Rice, according to a Jan. 24 problems are substantial. sentatives, Honor Council Chair Joan significant amount every year," Holly signed a two-year, fixed-price con- Chronicle of Higher Education ar- "For us it is a realistic, sober, but m Shreffler said. Williams, a campus-wide Beer-Bike tract in June 2002 that covers 80 per- ticle. not particularly worrisome situa- coordinator, said. "In the past, it used There are SA presidential candi- cent of Rice's energy needs, Currie "The vast majority of colleges and tion," he said. dates from every college except to be that we were able to cover the Baker College. Haynie said he ex- cost using the blanket tax funneled pects a large voter turnout because through RPC, but we've been forced almost every student will know at to go find corporate sponsors in re- least one candidate. cent years. But very few corpora- "I'm really looking forward to the tions want to sponsor this type of 5814 Kirby campaigning because I think with event, so if students want to have this many candidates, they're going Beer-Bike, they are going to have to In Rice Village to have to be a lot more creative to suck it up and contribute a little differentiate themselves," Haynie, a more to its cost." Will Rice College senior, said. Candidates must restrict spend- (713) 432-7272 ing for their campaigns to $35. SA Elections Chair Alan Pham, a Better Ingredients. Baker sophomore, said he will watch 'With this many Better Pizza. candidates' spending carefully. "This place is going to be blan- candidates, the keted with fliers and buttons," Pham candidates are going to Papa Johns said. SA internal vice president, exter- have to be a lot more nal vice president, treasurer and sec- Pizza Bucks retary will also be elected. All SA creative to differentiate offices except external vice president Rice Special are contested. Other contested races themselves now available in the are RPC president, RSVP internal vice — Matt Haynie Large one topping pizz a chair, Honor Council senior and jun- Student Association president Convenience Store! ior representatives and U. Court One two liter Cok< sophomore representatives. Uncontested races are RSVP co- chairs, external vice chair, treasurer A presidential debate will be held Late Night and secretary; Honor Council sopho- Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the Grand Hall. $9.99 more representatives; U. Court jun- The debate will be organized by ior representatives; KTRU station Thresher editor-in-chief Rachel Rice Special manager; RBT station manager and Rustin, a Wiess College junior; KTRU programming director; Station Manager Amie Knieper, also Large one topping pizza # Thresher editor-in-chief; Campa- a Wiess junrer; and RBT Station One two liter Cofee® nile editor-in-chief; U. Blue editor; Manager Richard Adams, a Will Rice University Council representatives junior. Blurbs for all races will be in and Sammy the Owl. the Feb. 21 Thresher. Voting will be Petitions for all offices except RSVP Feb. 21-26, and students can vote secretary and one U. Court junior rep- from any Rice network computer. $8.99 resentative were submitted by Feb. 7 The preferential voting system will Alter 9 p^m. at 1 p.m. The SA senate voted to ex- have more impact on the presiden- tend the deadline for the two unfilled tial race than in years with fewer We support Rice athletics. positions to Monday at 9 p.m. candidates, Haynie said. The two referenda on the ballot "People need to pay more atten- will be changes in the tion to preferential voting because U. Blue constitution and a raise in with this many people running, your the RPC blanket tax to increase fund- sixth choice might actually make a difference," Haynie said. Please recycle ine after I'm read. ing for Beer-Bike. If the Beer-Bike - ''

THE RICE THRESHER NEWS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14,2003 ' • is the last class to have tuition indexed TUITION,from Pag e 1 Ending tuition indexing will mean campus, and said an increase around The elimination of indexing goes tuition will increase more over time, 5 percent should be expected for the BY THE NUMBERS: TUITION INCREASES into effect for the Class of2008. Bud- Currie said. next two to three years. get Director Kathy Collins said in- Wiess College President Robby Currie added because Housing By year of matriculation dexing will apply to the next incom- Morgan, a senior, said he believes and Dining is an auxiliary operation ing class because students were re- the end of indexing is a necessary — meaning it must cover its own Indexed tuition means that next year's tuition for returning undergradu- cruited and applied to Rice under change for Rice to make with the costs — the larger increase in room ates is increasing 2.4 percent from this year's tuition, the rate at which the understanding that tuition was economy declining. and board was not being used to the Consumer Price Index increased. indexed. MI think [tuition indexing] was mitigate the effect of indexed tu- Students who matriculate in 2003 definitely a nice system to have and ition. V 2003 — $18,550 or earlier will have up to six years of stand by when the economy was indexed tuition — the standard strong, but since it's been getting 2002 — $17,950 from $17,550 length—regardless of the increases worse, the administration has to do 2001 — $17,250 from $16,850 for other students. what they have to do to keep the 'Since [tuition 2000 — $17,150 from $16,750 Gillis said when the program was university going," Morgan said. Room and board (for all students): $7,880 from $7,480 started he expected other schools to Student Association President indexing] wasn't having follow Rice's lead. However, he said Matt Haynie said he hopes Rice Graduate student tuition: $19,700 from $18,500 he thinks Rice is the only school to will remain a good value in the the desired purpose, Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management have a tuition indexing program. future. there was no reason to Matriculating students: $28,000 from $23,250 (+20.4 percent) However, today's Chronicle of "I know [the end of tuition index- Returning students: $24,500 from $23,250 (+5.4 percent) Higher Education reports that the ing] reflects the national economic keep on doing it.' chancellor of the City University of downturn, but I really hope the ad- — Malcolm Gillis New York wants New York state ministration recognizes that keep- Real increase of freshman tuition per year lawmakers to adopt a program simi- ing tuition affordable is absolutely President lar to Rice's. critical," Haynie, a Will Rice College The percentage increase in tuition — after inflation — has risen in the "In a speech last month, [Michael junior said. last two years after seven years of decline. Goldstein] urged state lawmakers to tie public-college tuition to a set of Tuition next year "We neither take money out of it 2003 $967 economic indicators, allowing rates Tuition for returning students will for the academic side, nor do we to rise with the cost of goods and increase 2.4 percent, as determined take money from the academic side services," the article states. by the CPI. (See chart.) Freshmen and shove it there," Currie said. 2002 +4.2% $740 Administrators said there are will pay $18,850, a 7.4 percent in- While some fees are not been several advantages to eliminating crease from this year's freshman announced, the information technol- tuition indexing. tuition. ogy fee will remain $200 for on-cam- 2001 +0.6% $104 Currie said despite the $1,300 pus students, while the health ser- increase, he does not expect Rice to vices fee will increase $34 to $330, become more expensive than peer Collins said. 2000 +1.3% $208 The real reason we are institutions. Collins said the health services "The average increase for high- fee will increase because of costs ending the indexing is priced universities last year was associated with the new health ser- 1999 +3.1% $470 to protect the need- more than $1,300," Currie said. vices facility in the old Brown Col- "Knowing that they are under the lege Commons, which is scheduled 1998 same pressures that [we] are, it to open in August. +3.8% $554 blind and the low self- wouldn't surprise me if they had at Currie said parking fees have not help policy, which we least that much of an increase.'' been decided, but a significant in- 1997 +5.5% $760 Currie said Rice does not want to crease is probable as the university never want to change close either the absolute or percent- moves away from using academic age gap with its higher-price peers. funds to cover parking. 1996 +7.3% $934 here.' "I don't want us ever on a track to "The parking committee is be- — Ann Wright intersect, even 50 years out," Currie ginning to talk about [parking fees] said. in terms of how many cents per day 1995 +9.1% $1,064 Vice president for Enrollment The Daily Northwestern reported it costs to park at Rice, so that could last month administrators at North- double," Currie said. "The way the western University will announce a parking committee is thinking about school to provide financial aid and two-year program, will cost $72,000 tuition increase to help compensate it — particularly in this kind of fund- help for the students," Brown senior next year, an increase of $7,000 or Currie said the end of indexed for the shortfall, although the amount ing environment — is using money Emily Harris said. 10.4 percent. tuition gives Rice more flexibility of the increase has not been an- that could be going into the aca- The increase in tuition at the during recession. nounced. demic program to subsidize parking Graduate tuition Jones School was part of a deliberate "This gives us degrees of free- Yale University has announced is increasing a non-starter." Graduate student tuition, which effort, Collins said. dom, and this is certainly not a time its tuition is going up $1,300, or 4.6 Wright said she does not expect is not indexed, will be $19,700 next "[Jones School Dean Gilbert for being tied," Currie said. percent, to $28,400. With room and the higher tuition to affect the yield year, an increase of $1,200, or 6.5 Whitaker's] strategy has been to Vice President for Enrollment board, fees will be around $37,000. on accepted applicants. percent. However, Collins said this increase the MBA tuition towards Ann Wright said eliminating index- Last month, Princeton and Cornell "The increase of most of our peers cost was applicable to few graduate that of the schools that we like to ing will allow Rice to protect other Universities both announced tuition is going to be very similar, and we students, as most either get tuition compete with as the school's quality policies central to its philosophy. will increase roughly 5 percent. will continue to be about a third less, waivers or are doctoral students who has improved," Collins said. "The real reason we are ending Rice room and board is going up or $10,000 lower than the private are paying a small doctoral research Currie added the university does the indexing is to protect the need- $400, or 5.4 percent, next year to institutions that we overlap with," fee. not see a philosophical reason to blind and the low self-help policy, $7,880. Wright said. Entering students at the Jesse H. subsidize Jones School students' which we never want to change Currie said the reason for the Some students said financial aid Jones Graduate School of Manage- tuition. here," Wright said. "We always want larger increase in room and board needed to increase with the tuition ment will pay $28,000, an increase of "Everybody agrees that M BA stu- to be able to completely meet the fees was because of debt expenses increase. 20.4 percent, or $4,750 more. dents didn't have the same need for needs of all of our students, and associated with building the new "[The changes in tuition are] The Executive MBA Program at a subsidized education as the rest of indexing is expensive." residential and dining facilities on going to put more pressure on the the Jones School of Management, a us do," Currie said. Mr. Soldier wants YOU to join the Thresher. Not only will we pay you, but you get pizza. 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THE . \ SPLIT KN1SH is vim ADEI.I'III 1 THRESHER'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EVENTS AROUND Vaginas speak up and speak out in 'Monologues' HOUSTON THROUGH Raj Wahi FEB. 20, 2003. THRESHER STAFF 1 The vagina has spoken, and it has some requests: "Stop shoving I EDITORS things up there! And stop trying to 1 picks clean it up!" I tonight and 'the vagina ' JL monologues' 1 tomorrow • t % Independent MAKE A WISH Rating: ****1/2 (out of five) l The classic teen movie, Tonight and Saturday at Martel Sixteen Candles, is the College 8 p.m. $5 students, $7 River Oaks Theatre's others. $1 off for men Saturday. • I midnight movie tonight These lines, spoken by technical and tomorrow. See how director and Ixivett College senior Molly Ringwald reacts Joanne Braun in Rice's production of Eve Ensler's The Vaginr Monologues, I when everyone forgets her are high-spirited and entertaining, but birthday in this teen they also remind us that the vaginas of • * angst comedy. the world do indeed need advocates. River Oaks Theatre, STUART SINCLAIR/THRESHER 2009 West Gray. The process by Martel freshman Kristen Smith explains how she learned to "be her clitoris" in "The Vagina Workshop." (713)-524-2175. which Ugoletti Before seeing The Vagina Mono- about female sexuality. first period to the strangely persis- logues, I understood this on a logical Initially, Ensler performed TVM tent revulsion with which much of tomorrow 'reclaims' [cunt] level. However, it wasn't until I actu- by herself, but in 1999 she started society regards the vagina. ("It can only be ally saw the performance that the truth allowing college students to do their sounds like an infection at best," HOW'S YOUR and urgency of the idea fully reso- own productions of the play. (Rice mourns Will Rice College senior Jor- described as a nated with me on an emotional level. was among the first universities to dan Vexler in an early speech.) UNIBROW? For those unfamiliar with the perform Ensler's work.) Over the Equally satisfying is the variety small MIRACLE in play, it was conceived in 1998 as a next few years Ensler pushed to in- of emotions evoked during the play. The John deary Gallery collection of speeches based on clude as many women as possible in The monologues are by turns up- the history of Ensler's interviews with women the monologues, adding pieces and roarious, sweet, regretful, painful showcases Frida Kahlo: language. from various backgrounds. Ensler's splitting the part of the narrator and uplifting. My favorites included Portraits of an Icon, inspiration came when she first be- among three or four actresses. "Vagina Workshop," featuring opening tomorrow. Given gan to wonder what a vagina might The amount of insight and infor- Martel College freshman Kristen Laugh if you want, but I'm seri- say if it could speak. She posed this mation contained in Rice's two-hour Smith as a confiding, articulate the new interest ous. If you think about it, advocating question to each interviewee, wrote performance of TVM is impressive. woman whose newfound fascination surrounding the artist's and celebrating women must, by down the responses, and used them The 24 speakers take turns sharing with "all the layers" of her vagina is to create a series of monologues one of the show's most inspiring life, most notably definition, include advocating and refreshingly frank, intimate anec- celebrating the vagina. that reflected women's thoughts dotes on topics ranging from a girl's See VAGINA, Page 16 t) because of Julie Taymor's Oscar-nominated film MARRIED WITH CHILDREN Frida, this collection of photographs should be popular. 'Bette and Boo' darkly funny in spite of minor flaws t John Cleary Gallery (713)-520-7053 for Raj Wahi Caught in the middle of all this is THRESHER STAFF Matt Hudlocke (played with wonder- directions and price Normally, I don't enjoy dark com ful restraint by Sid Richardson Col- information. edies about dysfunctional families. I lege freshman Daniel Mueller), the hated A Christmas SYory (sorry), and first and only surviving child of Bette I really hated American Beauty (I'm and Boo. Matt provides a narration of this weekend not apologizing for that). It isn't the sorts, relating his experiences with subject matter that I find objection- his parents and their uniformly nutty ALL I NEED IS able; it's the tone with which these relatives within the pseudo-philo- sophical framework of an essay he is THE AIR THAT stories are usually told— the way so many writers strive for "dark hu- composing on Thomas Hardy. I BREATHE mor" and end up only getting the first part right. It's the opening weekend They're not "bad" • * for Actual Air, a new play 'the marriage of people, just I by Troy Schulze adapted bette and boo' hopelessly from the poetry of % Lovett College IRRESPONSIBLE David Berman. Rating: *** 1/2 Special Opening Weekend (out of five) and dull-witted. • * rate, only $5.99 Tonight, tomorrow and Feb. 20-22 at 8 p.m. in Lyle's in the Lovett At the Axiom, Of the three principals, Southard basement. $3 with ID, $5 without. 2524 McKinney has the most flamboyantly funny role; her Bette is a ditsy, helium- (713)-522-8443 for It was therefore with consider- voiced motormouth who somehow reservations. able surprise, relief and, at times, manages to be simultaneously en- awe, that I found myself laughing so dearing and infuriating as she • <• often and so loudly as I watched the screams such lines as, "You don't lovett College production of Chris- vacuum gravy! You don't vacuum topher Durang's The Marriage of gravy!" Mueller and Lim have less Bette and Boo. It's not a perfect play, flashy parts, but their reactions to to be sure; it's occasionally preten- the chaos around them are fre- tious, runs about 15 minutes too quently hilarious in their own right. long and suffers from a clumsily Many of the play's best moments written, unpleasant second act. Yet belong to the supporting actors, in- it contains so many cluding Ix>vett sophomore Sean outrageously funny Smith as the bemused Father moments and is so CALEB REDFIELD/THRESHER Donnally, Lovett freshman Amanda skillful in its execu- Matt Hudlocke (left, Sid freshman Daniel Mueller) gets caught In the middle Anglin as Bette's acid-tongued sis- tion that it's impos- between Bette (Lovett senior Katie Southard) and Boo (Lovett freshman ter Joan and especially I^ovett senior sible for me not to Joseph Danny Lim). Eileen O'Brien as Bette's other sis- recommend it. have no business being married to "Skippy" and has a penchant for banal ter Emily, for whom self-censure is Bette Brennan anyone, let alone one another. To be conversation that would make Edith both a defense mechanism and a (Lovett senior sure, they're not "bad" people, just Bunker roll her eyes in annoyance. way of life. Katie Southard) hopelessly irresponsible and dull-wit- Boo, for his part, is an alcoholic, partly The scenes involving these sec- and Boo Hudlocke ted. Bette is obsessed with having because his father passed the behav- ondary characters are written and (Lovett freshman "lots and lots of children!" (a phrase ior on to him and partly because he played with a perfect blend of high- Joseph Danny Lim) she always ends with an exclamation prefers perpetual inebriation to listen- spirited humor and unabashed bad are two people who point), insists on calling her son ing to Bette all day. See DYSFUNCTIONAL, Page 16 • •

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The late great film critic Pauline Kael once wrote, "If art isn't The name later changed to Mudslide, and the group finally pleasure, then what is it - work?" The question goes to the setded on Suchu, after a Pekingese dog owned by Wood's heart of what is wonderful and what is sometimes wrong with grandmother. art. Art, which can be meaningful and applicable to everyday Wood's dance background has provided inspiration for the life, so often inspires groaning and eye-rolling. diverse nature of her dances for Suchu. While many modem What, then, is wrong with art? Why don't we have more of dancers move to modern dance after becoming frustrated with the pleasure and less of the other stuff? People have learned that the limitations of conventional dance forms like ballet or jazz, art must be serious and meaningful, which too Wood did not. often means boring. When we are told something "At the time I started doing modem, I didn't feel like I had is "artistic," we automatically assume it is dull. to break out of some restriction," Wood said. "Everything Those who experience quality art know that I did was so eclectic." such negative stereotypes are not true. Wood got her first taste of modern dance through her high school drill breakOn# the/ wiold/ team, which her mother ran. W When Texas changed the Suchu Dance is a Houston art group working to prove that rules for dance teacher certification, her art is indeed a pleasure. Their energetic and unconventional mother had to go back to college, where she modem dance performances have included mimed ninja became more involved in modern dance. She fights, naked people sweeping, dancers rolling in a pile of ^ also began inviting dancers from the dirt, chickens and flying vegetables. Indeed, like so much University of Houston and professional other modem art, the more you learn about modem dance, dancers touring through Houston to perform the more exciting it becomes. and run workshops for the drill team. Will Rice College senior Jessi Harper joined Suchu in That experience turned Wood on to September and also dances with Rice Dance Theatre. Harper modem dance, and she joined a dance said she enjoys the unpredictability of modem dance. company when she went to college. (Above) Danie! "With modem dance, everything gets turned on its After graduating, Wood worked as a Adame lifts Will head," Harper said. "If you are looking to see what the drill team instructor and a dance costumer. Rice College senior world is like, then there is a reason to see a modem dance Eventually, she decided to try her skills as Jessi Harper as Nichelle Strzepek concert." a choreographer. joins in with a Many members of Suchu said their art is both an She was invited to participate in a freewheeling leg lift. expression of themselves and of the world. cyberculture festival at the Commerce Street "[Modem dance] is like abstract art. It's open to | Art Warehouse. Wood, who admits to having interpretation," Suchu dancer Jenny Magill said. "It's | limited computer skills, got someone to set up (Left) Jenny like a blank canvas. You can bring to the piece your a computer projection that played in Maguire flips Aileen own feelings and expressions." conjunction with her dance, and her Mapes with gravity- defying confidence. Unlike more traditional forms of choreography, modern choreographic career was started. dance is not built on a series of signature movements or poses. i I Christian Holmes has been a dancer with the group since cfoorea^apfaOvig' oKcw#& (Below) Harper I 1997. smiles as she flies "With ballet, there are certain things you do to make it It is easy to miss Wood when watching over the heads of ballet," Holmes said. "With jazz [dance], there are certain Suchu rehearsals. She prefers to stand several Christian Holmes rows back in the audience and normally allows (left) and Daniel things you do to make it jazz. With modem [dance], you can Adame, while do anything you want." her dancers to complete the piece before Nichelle Strzepek speaking with them. tries not to fall. The dancers in the company gush praise I give them a little formula or about Wood, frequently citing the freedom she game with RULES, and they allows them within the choreography. Suchu dancer Lori Yuill premiered her own have to go ... make something evening-length piece Falling/Floating to great Photo cutouts: up with the movement. acclaim over Christmas. Top-Aileen Mapes "The wayjennifer works is really conducive Bottom-Nichelle to choreographing," Yuill said. "You have a lot Strzepek There are just about as many styles of modern dance as of input." there are modem dancers. One piece by German choreographer "I do tell them what to do. In a lot of ways. I Pina Bausch included an enormous hippopotamus puppet tell them exactly what to do. and they don't have PHOTOS BY KATIE STREW much leeway," Wood said, describing her method PAGE DESIGN BY waddling around a stage flooded with water through which the JENNIFER QUEREAU dancers had to splash. Other modern dances are more of directing dancers. conventional, employing classical styles like ballet or dances But just because she has specific ideas doesn't from folk and ethnic traditions. mean she is inflexible. Suchu's approach to modern dance is a mix of entertaining athleticism and the weird, the fuimy and die surreal. The Suchu's approach to modern company's dance style has been described by the Houston Chronicle as "fiercely modern ... with no use for taut ballet dance is a mix of entertaining technique" and by the Houston Press as "energetic, explosive.' ATHLETICISM and the weird, the The company won the 2002 Houston Press "Best of Houston award for Best "Boring" Dance (a complimentary award, funny and the surreal. despite its name) for a two-minute piece in their evening- length production, Ths Dirty Show, in which dancers stood motionless around a pile of dirt while staring at the "Frequently we start out with a given set of movement, and audience. I give them a little formula or game with rules, and they have Ultimately, the only consistent description of Suchu's to go off somewhere and make something up with the style is that it is surprising and unexpected. movement and the rules," Wood said. "Suchu is funny - It's colorful." Harper said. "You Almost all of the dancers with the company plan to continue never know what's going to happen." doing modem dance and. if possible, to stay with Suchu. "I don't think I will ever be happy if I'm not dancing." Harper said. mxrviAV^ out Wood's plans for the company include finishing their new studio, named Barnevelder (after a type of chicken), > * Jennifer Wood, the choreographer behind paying the dancers to dance full-time and possibly touring. Suchu's unpredictable | When asked about any additional plans for Suchu. dances, is the person Wood said she sent out a casting call. behind just about everything at Suchu - her job titles "We need more guys," Wood said. "You won't look include artistic director, choreographer, costume designer like sissies - we promise." and company founder. Harper said working with Suchu is an exhausting In the early 1990s. Wood, frustrated with the difficulties yet invigorating experience. in booking rehearsal and performance space in the city, "It takes up a lot of time, and when I come home, decided to purchase a house to use as a performance space. I'm just dead." she said. "But it's been so worthwhile. Wood and her mother, director of die Fly Dance Company, The people are just really awesome. It's exciting to do bought the house next to their home and named the space The doings that I dunk are interesting and that aren't like Duplex Studio and the company Duplex Dance. anything else that's going on in Houston." o' .

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VAGINA, from Page 13 elements; the excruciating "Crooked Substitute on-screen lust to Braid," in which Baker College sophomore Nishta Mehra tells the story of an American Indian woman exercise sexual responsibility with an abusive husband; and "The Woman Who Loved to Make Vagi- nas Happy," in which director and There Is no better way to spend relationship with his wife (the Sid Richardson College senior Emily the Health Education and Wellness stunning Nicole Kidman). Gray demonstrates a series of in- Office's Sexual Responsibility Week than enjoying Basic Instinct (1992) creasingly hilarious moans, orgas- Perhaps the most mic and otherwise. some alone time with some of Hollywood's tawdry title on the list, most daring, provoca- this film is a typical, tive and erotic offerings. run-of-the-mill thriller, If you think about but with one exception: it, advocating and Damage (1992) Sharon Stone. The ac- French director tress has never been celebrating Louis Malle's adapta- better (with the pos- tion of Josephine Hart's sible exception of her women must... novel of sexual obses- fiery work in Martin sion explores the Jonathan Scorcese's Casino), include STUART SINCLAIR/THRESHER Sid Rich senior Emily Gray explains an obsession with moaning In "the deconstruction infidel- Schumann and that infamous in- advocating and Woman Who Loved to Make Vaginas Happy." ity creates. Jeremy terrogation scene will celebrating the sembles the sounds in a manner she a newborn baby with the beauty of Irons plays a British Par- keep people's jaws finds more pleasing both aurally and the vagina from which it emerges. liament member carrying on a dan- dropping for years to come. VAGINA. sexually (think of it as a "phono- "We forget the vagina, all of us," she gerous affair with his son's fianc6 erotic" strategy). Whaf s remarkable observes. "How else could we ex- (the always sensuous Juliette is how quickly and convincingly "cunt" plain our lack of awe, our lack of Binoche). The love scenes be- I should also give special mention is transformed from an ugly word into reverence?" tween Irons and Binoche are noto- Tom Cruise to "Reclaiming Cunt," which in my one that is first pleasant and then The production has been put to- riously intense and erotic. encounters opinion contains the closest tiling TVM triumphant I swear I'm not exagger- gether with an emphasis on intimacy, Dangerous Uasons (1988) hastoadefiningmomentThepremise ating; the piece really is that powerful. minimalism and a respect for the Who said Baroque-era France prostitutes, essential humanity underlying each is simple: A defiant woman, played to I have hinted that TVM is in many couldn't be sexy? This film, an mysterious perfection by Lovett freshman Amy ways a play about miracles—or the monologue. The performances are English-language version of Ugoletti, takes it upon herself to strip possibility of miracles. It is appropri- skillful but also self-effacing; the Choderlos de Laclos' classic ORGY-PARTIES the word "cunt" of its connotations ate that the play concludes with a actresses clearly understand that novel, pits naughty aristocrats and to invest it with a sense of beauty, monologue about birth and begin- they are representing women John Malkovich, Glenn Close and and all things celebration and even dignity. On pa- nings. This piece, entitled "I Was around the world rather than creat- Michelle Pfeiffer against each per, this sounds like a contrivance. There in the Room" and featuring ing "characters" per se. Yet The Va- other in a game of lust and se- bizarre. When performed, it works far better Brown College freshman and gina Monologues never comes across duction. Close is truly chilling as than I thought possible. Thresher Arts and Entertainment as a self-important tract either. It is a heartless vamp who utilizes sincere and substantive, and what- Body Double (1984) The process by which Ugoletti Page Designer Jennifer Quereau, sex as a weapon. All right, maybe I lied, this is "reclaims" the word can only be de- reminds us of the essential role the ever hiccups occur in blocking and line delivery are inconsequential the tawdriest film on the list. Brian scribed as a small miracle in the vagina plays in the miracle of life. Body Heat (1981) DePalma's send-up to all things history of language. She dissects After all, human beings enter the next to the play's vitality and rel- This modern-day film noir, evance. Hitchcock steals from Vertigo and "cunt" letter by letter, lingers lov- world through the vagina, and greatly indebted to the 1940s clas- Rear Window and is a shameless ingly over the possibilities offered Quereau delivers a convincing ar- This is definitely the play to see sic Double Indemnity, showcases erotic thriller. A down-on-his-luck by each sound and finally reas- gument for connecting the beauty of this spring. a very young, very attractive actor (Craig Wasson) witnesses a Kathleen Turner as one of murder while spying on his neigh- cinema's most ruthless and beau- bor. An overly elaborate and ridicu- 'Bad taste' mixes smoothly into Lovett show tiful femme fatales. Turner se- lous plot involving a sassy pom duces a hapless lawyer (William star (Melanie Griffith) ensues. This DYSFUCTTONAL, from Page 13 ferred tactic is "preemptive apology." depressing second act that reaches Hurt) and convinces him to kill her film may be silly at moments, but taste. For example, a doctor reports The problem I have with the play desperately for humor where it is no-good husband, with a plan to overall, it is great fun. that Bette's second child is stillborn, is something that can be blamed on neither wanted nor to be found. make off with the insurance. at which Joan grins and says, "I win neither the performers nor the pro- The logic of the plot and the na- Ghost (1990) the bet" And then there's a strangely duction team, but is instead an in- ture of the characters carry the play Forget the hokey "love-be- sweet running gag involving the fret- herent failing of the script. The first inexorably toward a necessarily yond-the-grave" plotline; this film ful Emily's all-purpose letters of apol- act, with its abundance of one-liners downbeat conclusion, which is fine, So, what will it is a must-see for one reason ogy, which she composes ahead of and its seemingly effortless ability but Durang makes the near-fatal mis- alone: Clay. That's right, Sam time in case she so much as mildly to make us laugh at the most maca- take of trying to force laughs from be? Glenn Close (Patrick Swayze) seduces Molly irritates someone. You've heard of a bre of situations, gives way abruptly the audience even as we watch Bette as the one-night (Demi Moore) while she is hard "preemptive strike"— Emily's pre- and catastrophically to a thoroughly and Boo self-destructing. at work at the wheel. Their make- stand from hell out session is great fun to watch, but with clay strewn all over the Boo, for his part, or as a place, the cleanup would be too is an alcoholic ... MANIPULATIVE much for me. French aristocrat? Bound (1996) partly because he This thriller puts a new spin ynThe on the classic noirformula. Gina Princeton prefers perpetual Unfaithful (2002) Gershon stars as a tough, edgy INEBRIATION to Diane Lane received rave re- drifter seduced by Jennifer Tilly's Review views for her portrayal of a bored sexy mafia moll. The two part- (z listening to Bette suburban housewife who under- ner up to overthrow a mafia takes a dangerous affair with a kingpin and steal his money. all day. handsome, sensual SoHo book Matrix creators Andy and Larry dealer (the ever so enjoyable Olivier Wachowski are behind this one, Martinez). Their relationship goes so its superior visual style is no It doesn't help that Durang ap- from smitten to rawly sexual within surprise. ClassSize-8 GMAT pears to run out of ideas at the play's several weeks, inciting murderous halfway mark and ends up repeating rage in her husband (Richard Gere). Fatal Attraction (1987) old jokes long after they've ceased While many of these films show Classes Starting Feb. 10th & Feb. 15th to be funny. The Piano (1993) the consequences of extramarital Luckily, by the time the intermis- The only true "feminist" film affairs, none do it more chillingly sion rolls around, both the play and to make this list, writer/director than this film starring Michael Dou- • Maximum, of eight students in a class its participants have built up more Jane Campion's film is the most glas and Glenn Close. Douglas is than enough audience goodwill to accurate and fair examination of a successful New York City lawyer • Expert, enthusiastic instructors compensate for whatever script female lust and sexuality. Holly who becomes involved with an problems occur in the second act. Hunter is a tour-de-force as a unstable publishing industry pro- • Free extra help with your instructor At the end of The Marriage of mute Scottish woman sent to fessional (Close). The two carry Bette and Boo, I felt subdued and New Zealand to live with a new on an elicit affair, but when Dou- • Guaranteed satisfaction even a bit depressed, but I was con- husband (Sam Neill). Her exist- glas opts to return to the quiet, vinced that I had just seen an ex- ence in this primitive land is family life, Close refuses, and tremely well-mounted production. consumed by her passion for the frightening results follow. The direction by Lovett sophomore piano and a complex affair with Adriana Ramirez is smooth and in- another man (Harvey Keitel). So, what will it be? Glenn Close Space is limited. Call now to enroll. telligent, and the performances are as the one-night stand from hell or energetic and fine-tuned. Eyes Wide Shut (1999) as a manipulative French aristo- www Princeton Review com I 800-2Review The set design, which includes a This Stanley Kubrick film is crat? Kathleen Turner or Sharon painted bright stained glass win- everythinga psychosexual thriller Stone as the essential femme dows, is clever in its simultaneous should be. Compelled to explore fatale? Well, with so many scintil- evocation of Bette's excitement at the dark streets of New York lating titles to choose from, one is having a child and Matt's cloying City, a never-better Tom Cruise bound to make you excited. 1-2-1 PrivateTutoring also available emotional surroundings. All things encounters prostitutes, mysteri- considered, I'm glad I saw the play. ous orgy-parties and all things Jon Schumann is a Baker Col- I just wish the second half had had bizarre. His adventures are par- lege freshman and arts and en- more wit, more jubilance and more alleled against his dysfunctional tertainment assistant editor. Emily. Thresher Sports Page 17 THE RICE THRESHER JL Friday, February 14,2003 Newcomers provide speed for Minute Maid weekend

by Jonathan Yardley view for this weekend's Astros Col- THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF lege Classic at Minute Maid Park. Rice opens the tournament tonight The baseball team's opening at 7 p.m. against Texas A&M Uni- game Tuesday may have been pre- versity, faces No. 10 Baylor Univer- ceded by a history lesson, but new sity tomorrow night at 7 p.m., and factors came to the forefront in Rice's wraps up the tournament Sunday at 6-4 win over the University of Texas- 11 a.m. against the University of Ala- San Antonio. bama. "Today was great because it wasn't pretty, but we got it going and got the monkey off our back," junior ASTROS COLLEGE leftfielder Chris Kolkhorst said. CLASSIC "Now going into this weekend we can concentrate." Rice faces Texas A&M tonight Sophomore righthander Josh at 7 p.m., Baylor tomorrow at Baker, a transfer from Alabama, 7 p.m. and Alabama Sunday made his Rice debut by starting at 11 a.m. in the Astros Tuesday's game and survived a College Classic at Minute shaky second inning to earn his first Maid Park. Students can win. After allowing three consecu- present their Rice IDs at the tive hits and two runs in the second gate to purchase tickets for inning, head coach Wayne Graham $6, half the normal price. visited the mound for a conversation with his pitcher.

After watching a pregame cer- emony to honor the groundbreaking 1995 Owl baseball team with medals 'Playing at Minute for achieving Rice's first-ever NCAA tournament appearance, the current Maid Park with a big squad made its first appearance of the new season. crowd — I'm sure mm Already ranked second nation- ally by Baseball America, the Owls there'll be a few jitters used newfound speed, a new start- — Chris Kolkhorst ALEX SIGEDA/THRESHEP ing pitcher and junior rightfielder Junior leftfielder Sophomore righthander Josh Baker delivers a pitch against UT-San Antonio Tuesday. Baker worked Into the sixth Austin Davis in a new batting posi- inning and got the decision as Rice won its opening game 6-4. The Owls play at Minute Maid Park this weekend. tion to beat the Roadrunners. Not surprisingly, the first game out,"' Baker said. "We tried to make inning. top of the order. of the season featured plenty of "[Graham] came out and was like, that adjustment, and I think it The biggest new factor of the "Battingbehind [Jorgenson], it's sloppy plays, as UTSA had four er- 'Hey, we're going to have to make worked." day, however, was team speed. kind of like there are two leadoff rors, five wild pitches and 11 walks adjustments to be able to get these Baker's adjustments did work, as Kolkhorst, Davis, junior center- guys at the top of the order to get on while the Owls left 13 runners on guys out. You're going to have to he got control of his curveball to fielder Jeff Jorgenson and junior base for [Davis] and Sinisi," base. start keeping [your pitches] down, record six strikeouts without walk- third baseman Craig St3nsberry all Kolkhorst said. "Austin's going to Still, the 6-4 win was a good pre- and these guys will get themselves ing a batter and pitched into the sixth ran the bases extremely well at the See BASEBALL, Page 20 Peck baskets key Lady Owl win

by Adam Tabakin Autry Court, and head coach Cristy McKinney said the transition game is the key to success THRESHER STAFF this weekend. After struggling through the early part of the "Sometimes we rush, and we take quick season, the I>ady Owls have finally put it all shots," McKinney said. 'Transition shots that together lately, winning their last four games are quick are great shots for us because we're a and eight of their last 11. good transition team, but if we don't have transi- tion shots, we're better if we're patient. We get better shots if we're patient." Rice's shot selection was not exemplary 'We needed somebody to step against UTEP Monday night, as the I-ady Owls I I shot almost 35 percent from the field en route to up, and [Annie Peck] did.' a 65-61 win. — Cristy McKinney Junior guard Iindsey Maynard and sopho- Head women's basketball coach more forward Michelle Woods were key figures in the win, especially in the absence of junior center Johnetta Hayes, who left with an illness. With junior forward Elisa Inman in foul trouble Rice looks for its fifth win in a row tomorrow for most of the game, Woods came up big with 10 night on the road against Boise State University. points, seven rebounds and five assists. The I^ady Owls beat the Broncos 78-56 Jan. 16 at See BASKETBALL. Page 20 WEEKLY SPORTS SCHEDULE Where and when to support Rice Athletics BEN BLACK/THRESHER Freshman Megan Sandler (No. 1) competes in the one-mile run Saturday in the Houston Indoor Invitational at Yeoman Field House. Sandler finished In second place with a time of 4:56.37. Friday 12/14 7 p.m. Baseball vs. Texas A&M (Minute Maid Park) Who's on first? Yes! I mean the fellow's name! Who! Sat 12/15 9 a.m. Women's Tennis vs. UTSA 3 p.m. Women's Tennis vs. Tulane Women's track times improve The post-Valentine's moans and groans on every shot. Men's BBall vs. Boise State (Autry Court) "[Beckford] is right on schedule to defend 2:05 p.m. by Dylan Hedrick her [NCAA] 400-meter crown," head coach Boise is not a state. It's a a giant barren wasteland. THRESHER EDITORIAL STAEF Victor I,opez said. 4 p.m. Women's Rugby vs. A&M (Rugby Field) After four consecutive meets held at Yeo- Beckford was named Western Athletic Con- Aggies in the mud? Not a pretty sight. man Field House on the University of Houston ference Athlete of the Week after provision- 7 p.m. Baseball vs. Baylor (Minute Maid Park) campus, the women's track and field team is ally qualifying for the NCAA Indoor Champi- That's the man's name. That's whose name? Yes. ready for a change of scenery onships with a time of 54.07 seconds in the Sunday 12/16 11 a.m. Baseball vs. Alabama (Minute Maid Park) Some athletes will get that change this 400-meter dash. Have you got a contract with the first baseman? Beckford also joined with sophomore weekend at the Iowa State Invitational in Ames, Tuesday 12/18 3 p.m. Baseball @ UH (Cougar Field) Yvonne Umeh, junior Keia Watkins and se- Iowa, while others will be at UH again for the Absolutely. Who signs the contract? Well, naturally. RunSport Indoor All-Comers Meet. Senior nior Tanya Wright to lead Rice's 4 x 400-meter Thursday 12/20 7 p.m. Women's BBall vs. La. Tech (Autry Court) Allison Beckford, meanwhile, will compete in relay team to a second-place finish in 3:43.00. Do re mi fa so La. Tech bites. Yay for cacophony. the prestigious Armory Collegiate Invitational Individually, Wright won the 800-meter run in New York City. See TRACK. Page 20 •18 THE RICE THRESHER SPORTS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14,2003 ird-round collapse ruins golf start Women's tennis hosts V by John Chao UTSA, Tulane tomorrow THRESHER STAFF For two rounds, the golf team was sophomore Erika Villalobos said. a changed group at the Rice Intercol- by Wei-Han Tan "It seems so far away, but we legiate in Cypress Monday and Tues- THRESHER STAFF were really close to winning it— day. In the final 18 holes, however, Although the women's tennis just a little more, and we would the Owls reverted to the team of old, team was 1-2 on last weekend's have won." falling from fourth to 10th place. road trip, the Owls returned to Saturday's loss to No. 74 Uni- Houston looking on the bright side. versity of Arkansas was more "We competed really hard and decisive — a 6-1 defeat—but the played well in slots," head coach Owls lost three three-set singles 'We're disappointed Roger White said. "We didn't play matches in a respectable effort. to our potential, which was disap- The match against the Razor- and frustrated and pointing for everybody. We've backs was the Owls' only match come back with solid ideas as to away from Oklahoma City, which angry at ourselves for what to improve upon." Rice used as its home base for the three-game road swing. letting the team down.' "The weekend was really fun — Ryan Morgan but long and draining [due to] Junior golf captain 'It was exciting — having three matches in three days and driving between loca- traveling and playing tions," freshman Lauren Archer "We're disappointed because we said. were in position to have a high fin- in a different facility. Friday's match against South- ish," head coach Clay Homan said. We came out strong, west Missouri State University "We have to address what went was Rice's most successful on wrong and take the positive out of played our games the scoreboard, as the Owls cap- what seemed to be a negative day." tured a 4-3 win. Junior captain Ryan Morgan said and took care of "It was exciting—traveling and the golfers were frustrated by the playing in a different facility," Ar- final-round performance. business cher said. "We came out strong, "We played awful except for [jun- — Lauren Archer played our games and took care of ior] Scott [Philips]," Morgan said. Freshman tennis player business." "There's no excuse. We're disap- To improve their results in pointed and frustrated and angry at ; ALEX SIGEDA/THRESHER three-set matches, White said the ourselves for letting the team down." Sophomore Eddie Rowe tries to look his putt into the hole during the Rice Owls are focusing on their focus Despite the team's rough day Intercollegiate Monday at the Black Horse Golf Club in Cypress. Rowe tied Rice's best performance might at critical junctures. Tuesday. Philips finished strong, ty- for 57th as the Owls finished 10th In their opening tournament of the spring. have come in Sunday's 4-3 loss at "The focus for the week is to ing for seventh place in the tourna- Oklahoma State University, work on key-point scenarios and ment with rounds of 74, 71 and 74. confidence in his game. Philips said. "I played the par-5s eight ranked 54th nationally. Rice won to maintain a good level of focus Philips said he was not concerned "Scott is starting to get back to or 10 under [par], but the par-3 and the doubles point for an early through the crucial moments," with winning the tournament in the form," Homan said. "I believe he will par-4 scores were way up there." lead, but two Owls lost close third White said. final round which allowed him to win a tournament before this year is Morgan said pressure was not a sets in singles play. Freshman White said he expects strong maintain his concentration. over if he continues to play like this." factor in Rice's final-round flop. Blair DiSesa suffered one of the competition tomorrow when Rice "One of the things Coach has talked Freshman David Kelvin's tourna- "We didn't feel any pressure to toughest losses, dropping a third- takes on the University of Texas- about is the importance of the short ment was typical of the entire team's, play on the final day, even though it set tiebreaker at first singles. San Antonio at 9 a.m. and Tulane game, and that's all I've done this as he was in a tie for eighth place after was a home tournament," Morgan "We played well all through University at 3 p.m. at the Jake year," Philips said. "I also felt mentally the first two rounds before slumping s^id. "We were looking at it as a the lineup against a good team," Hess Tennis Stadium. prepared for this tournament." into a tie for 39th place Tuesday. Al- normal round." Homan said Philips' recent form though he lacks the tournament expe- Despite the final-round collapse, is evidence that he has regained rience of the upperclassmen, Kelvin's the tournament performance was a performance was a lift for the team. good sign for an Owl squad that has "David played well and stepped not finished higher than ninth since up," Morgan said. "I think he showed last March. a lot of signs of good play. It's good "This performance doesn't put a that he was able to learn from play- damper on the season," Morgan said. ing in the top 10." "We were outplaying a lot of the admissions The Owls were especially frus- teams the first day." trated on the final day by their play Despite his impressive finish, on par-3 holes. Philips said he did not get the most rse Discrimination or "We finished last in par-3 scoring out of all of his rounds. even though we were in fourth place "I was pleased to have a good after 36 holes," Homan said. "But it finish but felt I could play better," Equal Opportunity: wasn't one thing that caused it. We Philips said. "I had moments of bril- hit some hazards, and our short liance and moments of stupidity. I'm game wasn't too good." just looking forward to [the] next Discussing Affirmative Action Philips also said shorter holes tournament." hampered the Owl performance. Rice's next tournament is the Roa- "Hopefully I can continue the bird- drunner Classic at the University of McMurty Auditorium (Duncan Hall) ies, but the bogeys are killing me," Texas-San Antonio Feb. 24-25. Monday, Feb. 17, 200 7:00-8:30 pm { No. 8 UT sinks swim team m' by Debbie Miller only swimmer to win two events,

THRESHER STAFK taking both the 825- and 300-yard Speakers: freestyle events. The swim team lost its last dual "The 825[-yard freestyle], which Dr. Chandler Davidson (Sociology) meet of the season 127-112 against is half a mile, was really weird be- eighth-ranked University of Texas cause you finish on the opposite end Russell Barnes (Affirmative Action) Saturday afternoon in Austin. With of the pool," Corcoran said. "But I the loss, Rice closed its dual-meet definitely appreciated only having Jean Ashmore (Education) season with an 8-6 record. to swim half the distance." The meet was an "off-distance" Senior Mandy Mularz claimed C Dr. Richard Tapia (Comp and Applied Math) meet, meaning each of the events second in the 25-yard freestyle in was shorter than usual. For example, 11.06 in her final dual meet as an Carlos Garcia (General Counsel) the 50-yard freestyle was replaced Owl. Healy placed fifth. by the 25-yard freestyle. "I had fun swimming a short 25," "I was glad to have different Healy said. "We swam decently, but Moderated By: Tamara Siler (Admissi events because it's nice to have it was hard to get up for our races some variety after swimming the without all the energy and excite- Q & A will follow the presentation same events meet after meet for ment of last week's home meet." the past five weeks," freshman The women are now focusing on I^ura Healey said. the Western Athletic Conference StOh Although the Owls did not win Championships, which take place the meet, the team did enjoy com- Feb. 26-March 1 in San Antonio. peting in UT's first-class facilities. The Owls placed third last year be- Study Break Immediately Afterward Junior Elaine Lee took advantage of hind SMU and Nevada. the facilities to win the 150-yard but- The sprinters have begun the ADVANCE Applications will be Available terfly in one minute, 30.48 seconds. resting process and the long-dis- / "I really like the pool, so for me, tance swimmers will begin to taper \r/1 r meets at UT always have an excit- their workouts this week. I LVis« ing atmosphere," Iah* said. "The "Every coach has different meth- 150[-yard] butterfly was less in- ods of tapering, so since | head coach timidating. I knew if I went out Seth Huston| is new, we're not sure sponsored by: ADVANCE faster, I wouldn't die by the end, what to expect," Corcoran said. "We since the race was 50 lyards] know we'll be doing sets at race http://www.ruf.rice.edu/ ~advance shorter than usual." pace, instead of long, two-hour, more Junior Jackie Corcoran was the physically demanding sets." THE RICE THRESHER SPORTS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2003 19 m Defense is the key in men's hoops

D by Rohan Wagle pretty well defensively, but when we us to focus in on defense and focus THRESHER STAFF make some substitutions, our of- in on winning at home," Mance said. fense is as good, but our defense lets "We look at the standings, and it's Returning to Autry Court for a down. Ultimately, what it boils down still up for grabs. Tulsa lost the other pair of home games, the men's bas- to is we've got to be a hungry basket- night, so we're right in the middle of ketball team is counting on defense ball team," the pack. If we just have some confi- to keep the Owls in the Western dence and look towards the future Athletic Conference title hunt. and see that we can still have a good Rice hosted the .University of season, I think we'll be all right for Texas-El Paso last night and hosts IN FOCUS: BASKETBALL the next game." Boise State University tomorrow at Record: 13-7 AgainstTulsa, Rice cameoutwith 2:05 p.m. Rice's second game a burst of momentum to take an WAC record: 5-5 (6th) against the University of Tulsa was early 21-8 lead. The Golden Hurri- tougher than the first encounter, Last week: Lost 79-56 on cane came back quickly to over- but the Owls hope their second the road against the power Rice for a 27-26 halftime edge. game against Boise State runs as University of Tulsa. Tulsa's dominance continued in the planned. What made the difference: second half, and the Owls' poor "We're just happy to be back Tulsa scored 53 points in shooting left them with little chance. home and hopefully have a big the second half as the Owls Although the Owls lead the WAC in crowd," freshman forward Jamaal made only 9 of 25 field shooting, they were just 9-of-25 from Moore said. "Hopefully, we'll come goals and one 3-pointer. the field and made only one 3-pointer out and get a win against Boise State. in the entire second half. We beat them [in Boise], but we Up next: The Owls play "This is the time of the year where know they're going to come back Boise State (10-11, 4-7 so much of the game becomes a harder, so we've got to come back WAC) at 2:05 p.m. CDT mental game," Wilson said. "It's harder, too." Saturday at Autry Court. mental on a lot of different levels in I Head coach Willis Wilson (Will terms of toughness and execution Rice '82) has focused on defense in and passion and recognizing what practice this week after watching Senior guard Omar-Seli Mance opportunity lies in front of us." his team surrender more than 78 said he wants his team to regroup Sophomore forward Jason points in four of its last five games. for the end of the conference season McKriethled Rice with 17 points, while "Defense is going to be the rather than dwell on Saturday's Mance added 13 points. Junior center key — our ability to come out and 79-56 loss to Tulsa. Yamar Diene had nine points and execute our defensive game plan Senior guard Omar-Seli Mance blocked a shot to tie the school record and to not allow teams to get easy said he does not want his team to get for career blocks held by Alex baskets in transition," Wilson said. Bougaieff with 82. SUZANNE CARROLL/UNIVERSITY OF TULSA COLLEGIAN down about Saturday's 79-56 loss in Freshman forward J.R. Harrison (14) puts up a lay-up Saturday in Rice's "We did that early on against Tulsa. Tulsa but to regroup for the end of The Owls hope to block shots 79-56 loss on the road against Tulsa. The letdowns came partly in some of the conference season. and make other defensive plays on our rotations. We're starting out "The best thing right now is for their way to victory this weekend. Trip to Florida is no Harlan qualifies in 60-m hurdles

by Dylan Hedrick Redman both ran season-bests. don't do something this year, they are going to be real good next year." THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF Rice's 800-meter runners also ran vacation for tennis the distance medley relay, winning In the distance events, freshman , It might have been the higher the event in 9:55.83. David Axel completed the 3000- losing the first set 6-2 against by Jonathan Yardley altitudes or the 24-degree weather, meter run in a personal season-best Texas Tech's Alfy Perez. THRESHER EDITORIAL STAFF but the men's track and field team 8:38.28 while senior Tim Oberg fin- "[He] served for the match certainly benefited from its week- ished the 5,000-meter run in 15:34.70 The men's tennis team faces against me," William Barker end trip to the Meyo Invitational in 'Football is all about to set the Rice season-high mark. two stiff challenges this weekend said. "If I had lost that, we South Bend, Ind. With the team showing personal with a trip to Florida. would've lost. We made it a bit explosion, but I am still "It was a really good meet," head improvement from week to week, Rice faces its toughest test of closer than we should've. I coach Jon Warren said. "With Michi- the Owls are now looking at national the season Sunday against sixth- struggled with my tennis, and I beat up from it gan, Michigan State, Eastern Michi- times to see where they stand when ranked University of Florida fol- didn't play great, but I won." gan and Notre Dame — schools — Clifford Sparks compared to the rest of the nation. lowing Friday's match against William Barker recovered from from the Big Ten and the Big Senior sprinter "[Oleksy] and [Walwyn] are cur- No. 41 Florida State. Fortunately the 5-3 deficit in the second set to East — we did very well." rently tied for eighth in the nation in for Rice, freshman Rob Searle, win the set in a tiebreak, then won The team was led by senior Ryan the long jump," Warren said. currently ranked 16th nationally the deciding set 6-3 to take the Harlan, who provisionally qualified In the other relay event, the "[Davis] is 12th in the 800-meter in singles, will return to action for match and give the Owls the win. for the NCAA Indoor Championships 1,760-yard relay, Davis, Mazza, [dash), and [Harlan] is 18th in the the Florida trip after missing the "We weren't lucky, but we in the 60-meter hurdles by finishing Pessing and junior Ben Wiggins 60-meter hurdles. Our goal for this last two matches with a back in- dodged a bullet in a way," head second in 7.85 seconds. Harlan's time combined to record Rice's best time weekend is to improve our marks on jury. coach Ron Smarr said. "We didn't also set the top time in the event in of the year: 3:14.15. the national list." The Owls will be looking to play as well as we should have. In the Western Athletic Conference for Many finishing times in other Warren said the team will run improve on their previous out- this format, you have to make sure the current indoor season. events continued to drop as the Owls split-squads this weekend between ings, a 4-3 win over Texas Tech that you finish it, because they Members of the men's team have showed steady improvement toward the Arkansas Invitational in University and a 7-0 shutout of can creep up. Hopefully we'll play now provisionally qualified in a total their goal of a WAC championship. Fayetteville, Ark., and the RunSport Abilene Christian Feb. 2 at Jake a little bit better [in the future]." of three events, including the long Freshman Bahnsen Miller and All-Comers Meet in Houston to maxi- Hess Tennis Stadium. William Barker, who was jump and the 800-meter run. Wiggins set personal bests in the mize practice in particular events. Although Rice won both named Western Athletic Confer- One hour before his preliminary 200- and 400-meter dashes, respec- "We are going into Arkansas matches, the Owls were still not ence Flayer of the Week for his qualifying run, Harlan also earned tively. Senior Clifford Sparks set the with specific reasons — to jump satisfied with their play. Feb. 2 heroics, said the match the best conference mark in the shot third-highest WAC time in the 60- far, run fast and get good marks," "Obviously, things need to should serve as a wake-up call. put with a throw of 46 feet, 0.75 meter dash in 6.89, finishing fourth. Warren said. change," junior William Barker "It was more of a scare, like inches. The day before, Harlan cap- "It felt pretty good just to make it Harlan agreed with Warren's rea- said. "We need to get everybody 'Okay, we think we're good, and tured a top eight finish in the long to the finals," Sparks said. "The foot- soning behind having the team com- out there playing and people giv- we talk a good game, but we didn't jump, with a leap of 21-03.50 ball season both helped and hurt me pete in two meets this weekend. ing 100 percent all the time." really back it up,"' he said. "We've Due to his outstanding perfor- in track. Football is all about explo- "I>ast week was for the distance had enough talking for the whole mances at the meet, Harlan was sion, but I am still beat up from it." guys—the distance runners up north year. We've done our talking. I named the WAC Athlete of the Week Sparks said the freshmen have are ridiculous," Harlan said. "This think, and we've got the matches by the league office, an award he been especially impressive this year. week there will be good competition now to play with top teams." 'We think we're good, also won last year. "The freshmen have a lot of talent for the jumps. There is always good Abilene Christian was not the "It's definitely an honor," Harlan and are pretty fast," Sparks said. "You competition at the bigger meets and caliber of a ranked team, and Rice and we talk a good said. "I have to give credit to the have to give them credit because when the guy next to you runs fast, cruised to a 7-0 victory while rest- coaches who trained me and make it freshmen year is the hardest. If they you want to beat him even more." game, but we didn V ing several leading players. exciting to excel." Freshmen Tony Haerle and Following Harlan's team leader- really back it up.' Rodrigo Gabriel, mid-term trans- ship, the rest of the Owls also turned fers to Rice, both got dual-match — William Barker in impressive performances. experience against ACU, with Junior tennis player Senior Tommy Oleksy captured Planned Parenthood" Haerle winning at No. 2 singles the high jump title by topping of Houston and Southeast Texas, Inc. and Gabriel at No. 5 singles. 6-11.00, setting the top WAC mark in "The players that have beaten the progress. Oleksy's mark matches Tony have all been very good Annual Exams The Owls had an easy time last year's team-high set by Reed players," Smarr said. "When you Birth Control winning the doubles point against Ballis (Hanszen '02) and was just come in mid-term at a school like *) gf % Texas Tech, as junior twins Will- under an inch from his personal best. Breast Exams iam and Richard Barker, ranked Rice, you have a lot of things on I Senior Vaughaligan Walwyn won Emergency Contraception first in the country in doubles, you, so I think they'll be fine." the long jump, clearing 23-09.50, Pregnancy Tests won 8-2 in the three-match sweep. Jackson and William Barker while sophomore Jason Powell fin- Treatment of Infections The Owls then got quick two- were the only two players win ished seventh in the triple jump. four matches apiece (two singles, set wins from Richard Barker at Rice's 8(X)-meter runners contin- two doubles) Feb. 2. Barker had No. 1 singles and senior Cody ued to impress, as junior Adam Davis an especially tough time playing Jackson at No. 6 singles. The Red won the event in 1:50.33. The two-time at No. 1 singles, having to play Raiders rallied, however, winning All-American continued to tune his three sets for the second time in » i« Nos. 3, 4 and 5 to tie the match race after provisionally qualifying in 1.800.230.P one day. He managed to pull out 3-3. William Barker pulled off a the event two weeks ago. Junior I )aniel the win, however to maintain his remarkable comeback at No. 2 Pessing finished in 1:52.32, and senior www.pphousto No. 49 national ranking. singles to win the match after Erik Mazza and sophomore Aaron

I V«yET^ • -r« ij< - ,>v -••7 20 THE RICE THRESHER SPORTS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14,2003 Rugby clubs dominate Texas Tech, Baylor improved 6-1 in Texas Rugby by Benjamin Drake Union play. THRESHER STAFF "Rugby is won by a team and Despite a 10-hour drive to Lub- not an individual," head coach bock and the Texas anomaly of Mary Graham said. "Without ev- - t «. snow flurries, the Rice women's eryone doing their part, we ' rugby club heated up the pitch wouldn't be where we are now." Saturday with a 76-15 demolition Rice has the top four scorers of Texas Tech University. in the TRU — Hobson, Granger, Lin and Mason — and will host ALEX SIGEDA/THRESHER first-place Texas A&M Univer- Senior catcher Justin Ruchtl (right) prepares to throw to first base on a UTSA sacrifice bunt In the fifth Inning sity tomorrow at 4 p.m. on the Tuesday. Sophomore pitcher Josh Baker gets out of his way as junior third baseman Craig Stansberry (No. 23, left) 4 rugby pitch. The Aggies soundly runs to cover third base and Junior second baseman Enrique Cruz (No. 13) moves to back up first base. As soon as our defeated Rice in the fall, but an forward began Owl victory could propel the club to the Western Championships dominating the scrums in Kansas. Owls earn sloppy 6-4 win over UTSA On the men's side, Rice domi- will be played in their entirety. and the line-outs, the nated Baylor University Saturday BASEBALL from Page 17 "The Minute Maid [Park] deal is with a 42-7 home victory. The have a big day, which is important IN FOCUS: BASEBALL a good deal because you know you're backs'job was easy Owl forwards led the way before because he backs up Sinisi so [Sinisi] going to play," Graham said. "That's a vocal crowd, despite the rainy, can get good pitches to hit." Last week: Rice opened the — Erik Vigen a weekend that's locked in where chilly weather. While Jorgenson, a former track 2003 season with a 6-4 Sophomore fullback sprinter, impressed by beating out home win over UTSA before you know you're going to get to use "As soon as our forwards be- your pitchers and get them ready gan dominating the scrums and an infield hit and twice advancing on 2,432 fans at Reckling Park. balls in the dirt, Stansberry's speed because of the roof." the line-outs, the backs' job was What made the difference: was a bit more surprising. Graham said he expects to start Senior fullback Candace easy, and I was confident we Rice's aggressive baserunning " [Stansberry ] almost ran as fast sophomore righthander Jeff Hobson got things started with would win," sophomore fullback enabled the Owls to take as Jorgenson in the 60[-yard dash] Niemann against A&M tonight and an early try on a 30-meter run. Erik Vigen said. advantage of six wild pitches when we timed them in the fall," sophomore righthander Philip Although theTech scrum initially Rice held Baylor scoreless in and four errors from UTSA. Kolkhorst said. "Speed's good — Humber against Baylor tomorrow challenged Rice, the Owls coun- the first half, taking a 25-0 lead it's a luxury we didn't have that Up next: Rice takes on Texas night, but the biggest matchup tered by wheeling defensive before a mud-covered second half. much last year, and if we all stay A&M, Baylor and Alabama comes Sunday, when Baker will start scrums, dominating the rest of The Owls raced to a 42-0 lead healthy it's really going to help the this weekend at the Astros against his former team. the match. before allowing the Bears a con- team." College Classic before road " [Tuesday] was lot of fun — the Rice took a 41-5 halftime edge solation try. Senior eight-man Cary Stansberry, playing his first game games against UH and most fun I've had in a long and had little difficulty holding Kottler was the beneficiary of the for Rice after transferring from North Southwest Texas State. time playing baseball," Baker said. the edge, highlighted by a try Owls' exceptional forward play, Central Junior College, beat out a "Now that [the UTSA] game is out from junior captain Jen Lin. as the captain scored four tries on bunt single and twice moved up on of the way, I'm pretty pumped about Freshman center Erica Granger, the afternoon. Vigen, senior lock errant UTSA pitches. weekend's series. [Alabama]. It's going to be fun to freshman flyhalf Laura Mason, John Glassmire and junior prop "I definitely felt the nervous- be able to pitch against my old junior center Audrey Hucks and Nick Anaya also added tries. "I think a lot of people are going to notice [team speed] because ness of the opening game and the team and my old coaches, so I'm freshman wing Amishi Shah all Rice next travels to face I>oui- pretty much top to bottom we've got opening crowd," Stansberry said. excited." added tries for the Owls, who siana State University Feb. 22. guys that can run, and it's going to "It's going to be pretty interesting Kolkhorst also has reason to be really help," Stansberry said. "I think to see how we square up against excited, as he broke into the starting it just opens up the game — you can A&M and Baylor and Alabama. lineup in last year's Astros College start taking the extra base, and it's We've got to come out and play our Classic. just going to lead to a lot more runs best game [because] those are "Playing at Minute Maid Park LOVING CREATOR and put a lot more pressure on the definitely good teams." with a big crowd"— I'm sure there'll [opposing] defense." Graham said the Astros College be a few jitters," Kolkhorst said. "I'm Stansberry said he enjoyed play- Classic is especially beneficial just looking forward to it. and we're UNFOLDING RELIGION ing in front of the crowd of 2,432 because the stadium's retractable playing three good teams, so I like but is looking forward to this roof guarantees all three games our chances." HUMAN FAMILY Senior Lawson steps up on defense The Baha'i Faith BASKETBALL, from Page 17 1-800-22UNITE www.bahai.org Inside presence off the bench also played a key role in Saturday's 76-73 victory over the University of Tulsa. Hayes had 19 points and nine re- bounds in a tight game, but it was sophomore forward Annie Peck who came off the bench to hit a pair of late baskets to give Rice the lead for good. "Annie is a great offensive player, and what I've been waiting for her to do is play with more intensity on both ends of the floor," McKinney said. €*r - "She's starting to do that, and that's mjk what she's got to do in order to play. We know she can score. She was huge. iiMi We needed somebody to step up, and she did." The victory was particularly sweet for the lady Owls, who lost at Tulsa — second-place in the Western Ath- raW. m letic Conference — in overtime Jan. 11. "Beating Tulsa is a good confi- dence booster because they are a good team, and they had only lost h * <0 Wm % , * v < *- if?' { " - if s y&Z. - %f %, two [conference] games prior," • Hayes said. "Plus, when we went • f||£^n^jTTTr^HTTTTljglTl there, it was a hard loss, and we jPfc.'V * '** ' * **" ' V* ^ J* didn't forget that, so I think we car- ried that over into this game." KATIE STREIT/THRESHER w ' ' # J ' ' ! * ' * V During the past two games, Hayes Junior forward Ellsa Inman shoots in the Lady Owls 76-73 win over Tulsa has accumulated three blocked shots, Saturday at Autry Court. Rice puts a four-game win streak on the line improving her career total to 114, tied tomorrow night on the road against Boise State for most in school histoiy. She will look to earn the record outright to- ers made, rebounds and assists. ing Curtin for much of the second half. morrow night. "[Curtin] is a really good "When we put Kim Lawson on The win over the Golden Hurri- player," senior point guard Kim her, we did a much better job," cane came despite another outstand- Lawson said. "We just tried to do McKinney said. "She was 7-7 in the ing performance from Tulsa's se- the best we can against her. Obvi- first half and then 3-9 in the second nior guard Allison Curtin. Curtin ously we're not going to shut a half, and Kim guarded her most of dropped in 31 points in addition to player like her down, but you try to the second half." eight rebounds and five assists. make her take the toughest shots With a win over the Broncos, the Curtin leads the WAC in points possible." lady Owls could move into second scored, free throw percentage and lawson, who averaged 11 points, place in the WAC. Rice's next home steals. She ranks in the top five in 5.5 rebounds and 4.5 assists in the two game isThursday again st conference- field goal percentage, three-point- games, had the challenge of defend- leading Louisiana Tech. THE RICE THRESHER SPORTS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14,2003 21 BY THE Total*: 21-50 17-20 61 Three-point goals — Rice 4-10 (Inman 0-1, Maynard 20th-ranked Owls look toward WAC meet 1-2, Lawson 1-1, Beckler 0-1, Woods 0-1, Liggett 2- 2, James 0-2), UTEP 2-13 (Zorlc 2-5, DeAnda 0-3, TRACK, from Page 17 Katie Waite, senior Summer Bell and before the [WAC Championships)." feb. 6-12 Zagurskyte 0-1, Dowell 0-3, McGee 0-1) with a WAC-best time of 2:09.54, freshman Kate Gorry. Every runner The Owl field events also im- Rebounds — Rice 41 (Lawson 9), UTEP 37 (Zorlc 11) finishing three spots ahead of Owl improved upon her earlier time. proved on past performances, as Assists — Rice 17 (Lawson 6), UTEP 7(Gulld 3, freshman Brandi Armstrong. In even longer-distance events, Junior Beth Hinshaw set the top con- Dowell 3) "Tanya is ready again," Lopez sophomore Shannon Murto set a ference height by clearing 12 feet, said. "That is very encouraging for personal season-best by placing fifth 07.50 inches in the pole vault. Junior Attendance — 514 her and the team." in the 3,000-meter run in 10:30.63, Ally Daum also set a personal sea- TULSA 73 RICE 76 Freshman Nina Mayes shaved and sophomore Whitney McAlpine son-best by vaulting 11-07.75. 0.02 seconds off her previous best finished second in the 5,000-meter Now that the midpoint of the in- Tulsa 33 40 — 73 60-meter dash time to 7.50. Her time run in 18:29.78. door season has been reached, Lopez Rice 36 40 — 76 is currently second in the WAC, trail- is focusing the team on fundamen- ing only Tulsa's Shana Robinson, tals rather than conditioning. BASEBALL Tulsa (12-9, 7-3) Carney 6-13 0-0 17, Shrlver 2-6 0-0 4, Pongonis 0-3 who has already qualified for the "The ladies are in good shape, and 0-0 0, Brewer 0-2 0-0 0, Curtin 10-16 11-14 31, NCAA Championships. the bulk of the training has been done," TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO 4 RICE 6 Upshaw 2-6 2-2 6, Elliott 6-9 1-2 13, Chlconas 1-1 The bulk of the 0-0 2, Wagoner 0-1 0-0 0 "The meet was encouraging, es- Lopez said. "Now they have to fine- UTSA (0-4) Rica (1-0) Total*: 27-57 14-18 73 pecially for the freshmen," Lopez training has been done. tune the details, such as their starts." Name (pot) AB R H Bl Nama (pot) AB said. "Nina is getting better but is Recently, Lopez has been using a Phillips cf 4 1 1 0 Jorgenson ct 4 Rice (9-10, 6-4) Crew ss 4 0 Kolkhorst If 2 Maynard 2-5 2-2 7, Inman 5-9 0-2 10, Hayes 7-14 4- still away from her optimum situa- Now they have to fine- starting gun with the runners com- Stewart dh/p4 2 Sinisl lb 5 7 19, Lawson 4-5 4-5 14, Jeffries 1-7 2-2 4, Peck 3- tion. [Freshman] Funmi Jimoh is ing out of the starting blocks to simu- Gentry rf 4 0 Davis rf 5 4 2-2 8, Beckler 2-6 0-0 5, Woods 2-4 0-0 4, Liggett also improving." tune the details, such as late actual race conditions. Menn lb 0 Stansberry 3b4 1-2 0-0 3, Elder 0-1 0-0 0, James 1-3 0-0 2 Shankle 3b 1 Bubela dh 4 Total*: 28-60 14-20 76 In the 200-meter dash, Jimoh fin- "We have been doing more block Horton If 1 Cruz 2b 3 ished ninth and Mayes finished 12th, their starts.' work lately," Mayes said. "We are Blllle c 0 Janish ss 3 Three-point goals—Tulsa 5-12 (Carney 5-8, Pongonis working on building stronger legs Voyles 2b 0 Ruchti c 3 0-1, Brewer 0-1, Curtin 0-1, Upshaw 0-1), Rice 6-15 while Umeh finished fourth with a — Victor Lopez Perez ph 0 Pendleton ph 1 (Maynard 1-2, Hayes 1-2, Lawson 2-2, Jeffries 0-1, personal season-best time of 24.94. Head women's and our technique." Oailey p 0 Blackinton c 0 Beckler 1-3, Liggett 1-2, Elder 0-1, James 0-2) Although the team slipped two McLain p 0 Baker p 0 Jimoh finished ninth in the 200- track and field coach Vecchio p 0 0 Townsend p 0 Rebounds — Tulsa 36 (Upshaw 9), Rice 33 (Hayes 9) meter dash and Mayes 12th, but places in the national rankings to Aardsma p 0 sophomore Yvonne Umeh finished 20th, Lopez is still confident about Total! 34 4 7 4 Totals 34 Assists — Tulsa 13 (Curtin 5), Rice 17 (Beckler 6) fourth with a personal season-best winning the WAC Indoor Champi- Score by Innings R H E Attendance — 573 time of 24.94 In hurdles, senior Tiane Burke onships Feb. 27-March 1. UTSA 020 000 200 — 4 7 4 Rice's distance runners contin- battled past a nagging injury to set a "It is going to be a battle," Lopez Rice 012 012 00X — 6 8 1 WOMEN'S TENNIS ued their strong start, placing four season-best in the 60-meter hurdles said. "UTEP and SMU are going to be E — Crew 2 (2), Voyles (1), McLain (1), Janish (1). runners in the top seven spots of the with a time of 8.74. tough. Fresno [State] and SMU are LOB — UTSA 7, Rice 13. 2B — Stewart (1), Gentry (1), Shankle (2), Davis (1). SB —Crew (2), Davis (1). RICE 3 OKLAHOMA STATE 4 one-mile run. Freshman Megan 'Tiane has been fighting shin scrappy teams that get points from the CS — Kolkhorst (1). Sandler finished in second place with splints and the flu," Lopez said. "She seventh and eighth places. We should Singles a time of 4:56.37, followed by senior still has plenty of time to recover have a good showing [in the meet]." IP H R ER BB SO 1. Linda Faltynkova (OSU) d. Blair DiSesa (RU) 6-4, 3- UTSA 6, 7-6 (8-6) Dailey 2.2 6 3 3 2 1 2. Lauren Archer (RU) d. Kate Vasylyeva (OSU) 6-4, McLain 1.2 1 1 0 2 0 6-2 Vecchio 1.0 1 2 2 2 0 3. Katarzyna Kolodynska (OSU) d. Jeri Gonzales (RU) Stewart 2.2 0 0 0 3 2 6-2, 7-5 4. Ewa Radzikowska (OSU) d. Karen Chao (RU) 6-3, * Rice Baker 5.2 5 2 2 0 6 6-2 Townsend 1.1 1 2 2 3 2 5. Ines Furtmayr (OSU) d. Yasmin Fisher (RU) 6-3, Aardsma 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 3-6 6-4 6. Erika Villalobos (RU) d. Zana Masnic (OSU) 6-0. 6-2 Win — Baker (1-0). Loss — Dailey (0-1). Save - Aardsma (1). WP — Dailey 4 (4), Vecchio 2 (2). PB - Doubles Blilie (2). 1. Archer/DiSesa (RU) d. Erin Pauchnik/Gorana Attendance — 2,432 Marsic (OSU) 9-8 (8-6) 2. Radzikowska/Vasylyeva (OSU) d. Chao/Gonzales (RU) 8-3 MEN'S BASKETBALL 3. Fisher/Villalobos (RU) d. Furtmayr/Masnic (OSU) 8-6 RICE 56 TULSA 79 RICE 1 ARKANSAS 6 27 29 56 Singles Rice 1. Simona Arghire (UA) d. Lauren Archer (RU) 7-5, 6-3 Tulsa 26 53 79 2. Anna Dybicz (UA) d. Blair DiSesa (RU) 6-7, 6-0, 6-3 3. Jeri Gonzales (RU) d. Megan Ferreira (UA) 6-3. 6-0 Rice (13-7, 5-5) 4. Melissa Cornett (UA) d. Karen Chao (RU) 6-7, 7-5, Evans 0-10-0 0, Diene 3-5 3-4 9, Mance 4-12 3-4 13, 7-6 Smith 14 0-0 2, McKrieth 6-11 3-4 17, Gillespie 5. Iliana Pacheco (UA) d. Yasmin Fisher (RU) 6-3, 1-7 0-0 2, Harrison 2-3 0-0 4, Moore 1-4 0-0 2, Harris 3-6. 6-2 2-8 3-4 7 6. Monika Dybicz (UA) d. Erika Villalobos (RU) 7-5, 7-5 Totals: 20-55 12-16 56 Doubles Tulsa (12-7, 5-5) 1. Arghire/A. Dybicz (UA) d. Archer/DiSesa (RU) 8-5 Davis 3-5 3-4 9, Johnson 5-11 2-3 12, Swanson 8 2. Chao/Gonzales (RU) d. Cornett/Pacheco (UA) 8-3 15 0-0 22, Glenn 2-3 5-6 11, Parker 2-10 10 12 3. M. Dybicz/Ferreira (UA) d. Fisher/Villalobos (RU) 14, Wallace 1-2 0-0 2, Meier 0-0 0-0 0, Collins 0- 7-5, 7-5 BUSINESS BOOT CAMP 1 2-2 2, Ledoux 1-3 0-0 2, Ketia 0-0 0-0 0, Price RICE 4 SW MISSOURI STATE 3 2 4 1-2 5 Totals: 24-54 23-29 79 Singles FOR NON-BUSINESS MAJORS Three-point goals — Rice 414 (Mance 2-5, Smith 1. Blair DiSesa (RU) d. la Zozrashvili (SMS) 6-3, 6-1 0-1. McKrieth 2-4, Gillespie 0-2. Harrison 0-1, Harris 2. Lauren Archer (RU) d. Cassandra Godfrey (SMS) 0-1), Tulsa 8 21 (Johnson 0-1. Swanson 6-12, Glenn 6-1, 6-1 2-3, Parker 0-3, Wallace 0-1, Collins 0-1) 3. Marta Rubina (SMS) d. Jeri Gonzales (RU) 7-5, 6-3 SUMMER BUSINESS INSTITUTE 4. Maria Amato (SMS) d. Karen Chao (RU) 6-0, 4-6, 7-5 Rebounds — Rice 32 (Diene 5), Tulsa 38 (Davis 11) 5. Laura Miller (SMS) d. Yasmin Fisher (RU) 6-2, 7-5 6. Erika Villalobos (RU) d. Ala Alvarez (SMS) 6-2, 6-4 An Intensive Course in Business Essentials Assists — Rice 8 (McKrieth 2, Harris 2), Tulsa 16 for Non-Business Majors (Johnson 4. Swanson 4. Parker 4) Doubles 1. Archer/DiSesa (RU) d. Zozrashvili/Godfrey (SMS) The job market today is challenging, demanding new Attendance — 7,985 6 3, 61 2. Gonzales/Chao (RU) d. Amato/Miller (SMS) 8-2 employees be well versed in business concepts and practices. WOMEN'S BASKETBALL 3. Fisher/Villalobos (RU) d. Rubina/Alvarez (SMS) 8-3 The Summer Business Institute at SMU is designed for students RICE 65 UTEP 61 GOLF like you, with little or no business training or experience, Rice 34 31 — 65 RICE INTERCOLLEGIATE giving you an edge to compete for top positions in any field. 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Multicultural Affairs Cathi Duncan Recital Hall at 8 p.m. Clack, Rice University Police tonight. Admission is free. Chief Bill Taylor and students HOW TO SUBMIT will discuss incidents of racial profiling on Rice's campus and FRIDAY CALENDAR ITEMS the initiatives in place to prevent discrimination. The 21 Deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Rice Media Center Rachleff and David In-Jae Cho. * discussion will also explore the prior to Friday publication. efforts the police department Isaac Julien's Frantz Fanon: FRIDAY Pieces include works by Black Skin, White Mask will be Submission methods: Britten, Dvorak and and other offices undertake to Fax: (713) 348-5238 reduce rates of racial profiling. shown at 8 p.m. at the Rice Shostakovich. The concert Media Center. The film is in E-mail: [email protected] begins at 8 p.m. in the Stude It takes place in Farnsworth Campus Mall: Calendar Pavilion from 12 to 1 p.m. English and French, with Concert Hall, and admission is French subtitles. Admission is Editor, Thresher, MS-524 It's Valentine's Day today, so free for students. wear pink or give out candy or Can race be erased? $5 for Rice students. Calendar submission forms are something. Four square for squares Today at 4 p.m. in Sewall Hall available on the Thresher office door. Come play in the four square Room 301, Dr. Leda Cosmides Rice Baseball "There Is Insufficient evidence tournament to be held today at from the department of to overturn the ruling of Rice baseball will play Stetson Submissions are printed on a 10 p.m. in the Will Rice College psychology and Center for space-available basis. V 'Incomplete.'" Evolutionary Psychology at the University today at 4:30 p.m. at Commons. Send an e-mail to Reckling Park. Admission is free. Today is the deadline for Nathan Woodward at University of California-Santa changing fall 2002 pass/fail [email protected] if you have Barbara will present a speech designations to a letter grade. It questions. titled "Can race be erased? is also the deadline for Coalitional computation and instructors to clear incompletes Love Jones party social categorization." from the fall 2002 semester. Come get in the Valentine's Rice Media Center Day spirit at the Love Jones Take a break from running over The revolutionary dance drama party tonight from 10 p.m. to endangered animals with your Red Detachment of Women is 2 a.m. in the Jones College SUV. being shown at the Rice Media Commons. web Pore/ The Greene Prize Paper Center at 7 p.m. Admission is Contest entry deadline is today $5 for Rice students. at 10 a.m. Turn in submissions to the Civil and Environmental SATURDAY Discussing affirmative action London $308 Engineering Department Office ADVANCE sponsors a in Mech Lab 107. $1,000 total 15 discussion titled "Reverse Rice Men's Basketball , Paris $339 in prize money will be awarded discrimination or equal at the 11th annual Rice The Rice Men's Basketball opportunity? Discussing ana NUI Amsterdam...$379 Environmental Conference. team will take on Boise State Affirmative action." The forum University at 2:05 p.m. at Autry will be held from 7 to 8:45 p.m. just online Sydney $1614 Want to take out your Court today. Come by and in the McMurty Auditorium in 0.0000625% match from the support Rice Owls. Duncan Hall. Sociology Madrid $389 dating survey? Professor Chandler Davidson Sadly, Minute Maid had a will speak, along with Russell Rio de Janeiro..$608 Tickets for KTRU's Roller Prom higher bid than Mattress will be on sale today in the Rice Barnes, Jean Ashmore, Carlos Fare is roundtrip from Houston. Subject to change and availability. Tax not Giant's "Oooh-Ahhhh Field" Garcia and Richard Tapia. Memorial Center from 12 to proposal. included. Restrictions and blackouts apply. 1 p.m. Get your tickets now for Refreshments and a question- the Roller Prom on Saturday Rice baseball will play Baylor at and-answer session will follow. night at Zenith Roller Rink. Minute Maid Park tonight at 7 p.m. It's good, but it's no Powers of TUESDAY Ten. Down with the OO-SId Tower UNI Center, Room 32-D (713) 743.2777 Party Chris Johnson, professor of 18 computer science at the Tonight is the James Bond- Can't hear me now University of Utah, will speak themed Tower Party at Sid The SA Presidential Debate will • www.sea _ on "I^irge-scale Simulation and Richardson College from be held tonight at 8 p.m. in the STA TRAVEL ISIC " Visualization in Medicine:— 10 p.m. until 2 a.m. You might Grand Hall of the Rice Applications to Cardiology, not want to go, though. Just Memorial Center. There are or* THC pnoftfi >» on cftmyti/ »» on rm Neuroscience and Medical stay home and remember how eight candidates, so it could get Imaging." The lecture begins at great Love Jones was. crazy. Come by, and be an educated voter. 3 p.m. in Duncan Hall. KTRU Roller Prom Butterfly Linda Williams lectures tonight Come to Zenith Roller Rink Madama Make A Difference " In Sewall Hall. tonight from 12:30 a.m. until The Rice Chorale presents 2:30 a.m. for KTRU's Roller Puccini's Madama Butterfly in a Linda Williams, the first In your world community Prom. It will be a night of live concert performance directed African-American graduate of music, DJs, costumes and by Thomas Jaber. The concert Rice University, will lecture skating. Contact [email protected] honors the performance and tonight in Sewall Hall Room 301 for more information. teaching career of Associate from 5 to 6 p.m. The title of the Professor of Voice William _ event is "Starting at the Murray, who will retire from ^ Beginning." Williams will SUNDAY the Shepherd School in May discuss her experiences at Rice 2003. The program begins at Brazil • Bolivia • Costa Blca • Dominica Republic and at other predominantly 46 8 p.m. in Stude Concert Hall. Honduras • Mexico • Nicaragua • Paraguay white universities. Shepherd School Orchestra Rice Baseball The Shepherd School Chamber Orchestra will perform tonight The Rice University baseball at 8 p.m. Admission is free. WEDNESDAY Volunteer as a public health wetter 0 team will take on Texas A&M Contact Tom Littman at In LaUn America for the summer and members as they focus en sustain- tonight at 7 p.m. in Minute 19 embait en a journey through cultur- A|i|A hniiHti lafiBfllwAlw mm ad AaMaJ (713) 348-4933 for more "Who would steal 32 sack Maid Park in the Astros al understanding, community flOiB noann. iniiflSiniciuiB ana onv!- information. lunches?" College Classic. activism and youth empowerment. ronmental projects. College credit and financial assistance may be More Baseball The Graduate Christian Develop organizational and available. Contact JUNIGQ8 today and Vagina Monologues Fellowship lunch will be held cross-cultural communication skills Rice Baseball plays the shew the world what you can del The Vagina Monologues will be University of Alabama today at today in Farnsworth Pavilion performed tonight in the 11 a.m. at Reckling Park. from 12 to 1 p.m. Food and Information Session: Thursday, February 20; Career Service Martel College Commons at refreshments will be provided. Center Meeting Room (2nd floor of Student Center); 3 pm. 8 p.m. MONDAY Lovett College Theater 17 THURSDAY Lovett College Theater Until they Invent a car that runs presents The Marriage ofBette entirely off your sense of self- 20 Nothing you couldn't have and Boo, a dark comedy by satisfaction ... % Christopher Durang. The play learned at the Jones party on will show tonight and tomorrow Today at 12 p.m. in Baker Hall Friday night... there will be a 'students-only' night at 8 p.m. in the Lovett CPR training classes are being off-the-record discussion with ~ Ami90Amioosd*lasAmirica5 d« las Americas basement. Tickets are $3 for held today from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Joseph Barnes, research fellow 1800.231./796 ext. 114 Rice students. The class, which is intended for and expert on energy security 214.318.7419 laypersons, teaches rescue Femme Fatale issues at Baker Institute for breathing, CPR and FBAO as Femme Fatale shows tonight, Public Policy. The discussion is well as use of an AED and t Saturday night and Sunday presented by the James A. S01S Star lane common barrier devices. For night at 8 p.m. at the Rice Bakerlll Institute Student •onsten, IX 77057 more information or to register, Media Center. This ^Valentine Forum and is titled "The West visit http://www.ruf.rice.edu/ thriller' is in English and and Gulf Oil: Stability, Security -rems/education/. French, with English subtitles, and Strategy." To RSVP, go to and is directed by Brian De http://uiww. bakerinstitute. org/ Palma. 17febrsvp.htm. For questions, SYZYGY send an e-mail to [email protected]. ^ Shepherd Symphony David Crumb, a guest [email protected] TTie Shepherd School Racial profiling composer, presents SYZYGY, Symphony Orchestra presents new music to be performed in a concert directed by Larry A panel lead by Director of ' , •• "I •

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Lifestyles Magazine is an official publication of The Rice ing up all dance below DEPARTMENTS Thresher and is published six times each academic year. in a music-inspired 3 BETTER U Offices are located on the second floor of the Ley Student Why Rich's still reigns supreme Center, 6100 Main St. MS-524, Houston, TX 77005-1892. Phone (713) 3484801. Fax (713) 348-5238. world where deadlines 6 CAMPUS E-mail: [email protected]. A day in the life of Lisa Heiden don't matter." 7 FOOD P. F. Chang '.v gets a little brother VOL// NO.3 PAGE3 8 STYLE Shopping in the Historic Houston Heights

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It's an exciting issue for the Lifestyles Maga- Aside from the desire to legitimize the zine. For the second time since we began things we do and places we go, I figured this publishing, we're reporting on Rice's favorite could be of some help to those among us who things. It's a little song-and-dance routine we don't always pay attention to what "all the hip ClassSize-8 GMAT like to call Rice Picks. kids are up to." Rice Picks also provides his- Many people have asked me what the pur- torical perspective. Perhaps students 20 years Classes Starting Feb. 10th & Feb. 15th pose of this poll is. What, exactly, am I hoping from now will look back and wonder why the to accomplish here? Frankly, nothing very hell anyone ever went to House of Pies. Per- grandiose. Two years ago, I decided that in the haps they won't. No matter — the survey is • Maximum, of eight students in a class wake of the massive polling that now goes on just plain fun. in society — City search, Zagat, Houston Press I'm happy to report that this year's winners • Expert, enthusiastic instructors and enough others to go on ad nauseam — are a bit more original this year than last Rice needed a poll, too. We're good enough to year's. While last year's winners included many • Free extra help with your instructor have a voice, right? For the longest time, I was businesses that were national chains, this annoyed by polls. I'm the first one to point out year's winners include many individually • Guaranteed satisfaction that it's a bit ironic that the magazine I edit owned businesses. runs a poll of this sort, since I used to say that And sure, we're all comfortable shopping magazines only run polls, lists and rankings to at Target because we can go into almost any increase circulation. The more I thought about Target in the United States and find whatever it, however, the more the idea appealed to me. we need in less than five minutes. There are Have you ever noticed that you always run sometimes, however, when we should go out Space is limited. Call now to enroll. into a Rice student wherever you go? Have you on a limb. I've said it 250 times before, and yes, www.PrincetonReview.com I 800-2Review ever thought it odd that in the nation's fourth I'm saying it one more time: Go out and try largest city, you can be sitting in your favorite some of the stuff that makes Houston different hole-in-the-wall Mexican joint and have an- from other cities. other Rice student sit at the table directly next I extend a sincere thanks to all the readers to you? It's not because the cosmos are aligned that made this second Rice Picks survey pos- 1-2-1 PrivateTutoring also available against you and you'll never escape this black sible. Without your participation, we would hole that is Rice. It's because Rice culture not have been able to make this issue. I think produces people that like certain, unique you'll be surprised by some of the survey things. It's worthwhile to take a poll of that, results, so take a second and see what your see how student tastes change. If nothing classmates think is the best in Houston. You else, it's our own anthropology experiment. might not agree, but at least you'll know.

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Houston's Warehouse WonderlanCOREY Ed. DEVINE clubs in Houston, this club attempts to break video bar that often features live acts and is a The limestone building at 2401 San Jacinto is about as barriers instead of creating them. No one great place to sit and talk or chill out. Basi- cares how you dance or what you're wearing. cally, the variety of spaces inside the bar lead unassuming as a building can be. Placed among parking Rich's is not interested in pretense; it's inter- a wide variety of people to call this bar their ested in energy. favorite, and this is, no doubt, much of the lots, health clinics ^nd nondescript apartment buildings, Upon setting foot inside this unassuming reason that Rice students hold this club so building marked only with the dimly-lit num- dear. this stone and glass building could be anything, and if you bers 2401, you'll realize that Rich's is designed From high atop the dance floor in the D.J. with the serious partier in mind. Unlike so booth, you can really get an idea for what this ask enough people, you'll find out that no one knows its many other bars in Houston, Rich's makes a club is about. The glassed-in cubicle provides constant effort to change the decor and feeling the perfect view of the orgiastic mayhem be- original purpose. of the club. One night the bar may be swathed low. in red velvet; another night you may find People hooking up, breaking up and mak- Tipsy patrons that remember when Rich's boys." In fact, a quick pass through the crowd gothic candelabras lighting the space. From ing up all dance below in a music-inspired first opened (that would have to be the over-40 on a Saturday night would probably reveal Christmas parties to Mardi Gras balls, few world where deadlines don't matter and home- crowd) report that the building was previ- that this description isn't inclusive enough, clubs strive to produce such varied produc- work isn't a concern. It quickly becomes ap- ously a department store. Others claim it but it gets to the heart of the matter: Why do tions, and few do so with such success. parent that the management of this club has housed a company that manufactured ... well, Rice students (and so many other Housto- Rich's stage, often occupied by the club's only one thing in mind: the customer. The something. And though the possibilities for nians) love Rich's so much? Why is it that finest eyecandy, has been home to talent of music, the productions and the space itself what the building used to be and could have when people on campus start talking about other sorts, as well. Bette Midler has graced reflect years of training and know-how. If the been are endless, the fact remains that since it clubbing, Rich's is sure to follow? I think the the stage, as has Cyndi Lauper. A violinist walls inside this club could talk, they'd un opened in 1983, Rich's has set the bar for high- answer is simple. specializing in dance music (Dr. Draw) has doubtedly have a lot of stories to tell from the energy nightlife in the city of Houston. On a Saturday night, you can park your car played here, and dance divas of all shapes and 20 years Rich's has been producing carefree I should mention here that Rich's is, offi- a block away from the club and hear, ever so sizes have belted out their sassy lyrics from nights of hedonism. cially, a gay bar, which means that if you show slightly, the rhythmic thumping of bass. As center stage. It's all part of the fantasy world of I think it's safe to say that many Rice stu- up on a normal Saturday night, you'll be sur- you get closer, the whole building seems to fun that this club creates every weekend. dents will fondly look back on the nights they rounded by hoards of self-conciously good- shake with the beats that resident DJ J. D. In terms of layout, Rich's is probably the spent dancing until 4 a.m. under the signature, looking men. However, Promotions Manager, Arnold has chosen for the evening. largest dance club in all of Houston. If it's not, spiked mirror ball of this Houston high-en- known to regulars simply as Shane, is more There's a bit of escapism here. There was it definitely feels that way. The ground floor is ergy institution. Lifestyles is happy to report than happy to tell you that this is a club for an Iranian prince that used to visit the infa- dominated by the dance floor and includes a that Rich's is Rice's pick for best nightclub and everyone. I'm reminded of Blur's hit song mous Studio 54 in New York City once a patio that's the social hub for Friday nights. best gay nightclub for two years running, and Girls and Boys, as Shane professes that Rich's month because it was "the only place he could Upstairs, voyeurs can watch the hotties below while many of our winners are up for their is a place for "boys who like boys, boys who truly feel at ease," and that feeling is alive and gyrating to the rhythm. There's a small art bar second year, none have won as many acco- like girls, girls who like girls and girls who like well at Rich's. Unlike all the other big dance with paintings from local artists and a larger lades from the student body as Rich's

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CAMPUS STUDY SPOT LIVE MUSIC VENUE PLACE FOR MARTINIS THAI RESTAURANT COFFEE SHOP KYLE MORROW ROOM, OVATIONS ZIMM'S NIT NOI BRASIL FONDREN LIBRARY 2536 TIMES BLVD. 4321 MONTROSE BLVD. 2426 BOLSOVER ST. 2604 DUNLAVY ST. (713) 522-9801 (713) 521-2002 (713) 524-8114 (713) 528-1993 PATRY SPOT You might run into George and Quite frankly, it is often too loud in WIESS COLLEGE MUSIC STORE NIGHTCLUB Barbara Bush. Brasil to have a conversation of any RECORD RACK GAY NIGHTCLUB sort. I'm happy that it's chic and trendy, MAKEOUT SPOT 3109 S. SHEPHERD DR. RICH'S SUSHI BAR but I had to stop going when I found ! STUDY ROOMS IN (713) 524-3602 2401 SAN JACINTO ST. CAFE JAPON myself leaving with a headache. FONDREN LIBRARY No price seems too high for qual- (713) 759-9610 3915 KIRBY DR. ity dance music, at least, for the j^w very romantic. (713) 529-1668 DONUT SHOP owner of Record Rack. Thatsaid,you BAR can 'tfind this selection of dance music SHIPLEY'S BUILDING ON CAMPUS ERNIE'S ON BANKS RESTAURANT FOR A DATE 5800 KIRBY DR. anywhere else in the city. 1010 BANKS ST. j KECK HALL DAILY REVIEW CAFE (713) 667-7572 (713) 526-4566 3412 W. LAMAR ST. Take that, Krispy Kreme! PARTY VIDEO RENTAL STORE (713) 520-9217 BLOCKBUSTER ARCHI-ARTS AFTER-HOURS CLUB This almost-hidden restaurant is SHOPPING AREA 8001 MAIN ST. HYPERIA well worth the effort it takes to find it. (713) 666-9506 19TH ST. IN THE ADMINISTRATOR Now closed. Try the chicken pot pie. HISTORIC HEIGHTS JOHN HUTCHINSON BOOKSTORE PIZZA PLACE ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT LATE-NIGHT RESTAURANT DEPARTMENT STORE BRAZOS BOOKSTORE STAR PIZZA FOR STUDENT AFFAIRS BIBA'S GREEK PIZZA NORDSTROM 2421 BISSONNETST. — ONE'S A MEAL 2111 NORFOLK ST. (713) 523-0701 (713) 523-0800 How did a store that is not yet open FACULTY MEMBER 607 W. GRAY make it into our favorites? Nordstrom DR. GILBERT (713) 523-8432 is set to open in the Galleria this year. SUPERMARKET BURGER JOINT CUFHBERTSON Confusingly long name, awesome I'm guessing there will be a mad dash WHOLE FOODS MARKET 59 DINER P(XLTICAL SCIENCE gyros. to the shoe department when it does. DEPARTMENT 2955 KIRBY DR. 3801 FARNHAM ST. Will Rice's very own. (713) 520-1937 (713) 523-2333 MEXICAN RESTAURANT SALON It's healthy, it's trendy, and it's If you still haven't bothered to HOT TOPS RICE UNIVERSITY POLICE not as expensive as Central Market. TAQUERIA LA TAPATIA enjoy the greasy goodness they 1749 RICHMOND AVE. 3603 MONTROSE BLVD. DEPARTMENT OFFICER Whole Foods, we love you. iMnkford Grocery at 88 Dennis St. (713) 526-1440 (713)521-3144 serves up, you're missing out. LI^HEIDEN PUBLIC PARK While I'm enthralled with $2.95 VINTAGE STORE Tswear, Will Rice did not rig this BELL PARK tortas, I think there's better Mexican PLACE FOR DESSERT VALUE VILLAGE survey. food in Houston than this. But hey, to 4800 MONTROSE BLVD. 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LIFESTYLES 5 14FEBRUARY2003_CAMPUS Lisa Heiden: To protect and serve M KATIE SOUTHARD Chances are, you know Lisa Heiden. If you're a Will Ricer you've seen her around the college. Otherwise, you've surely seen her walking, bik- ing or driving around campus doing her job as a Rice campus police officer. It's even possible that you've bounced a "He bought us junk food out of a vending check to Rice and received a phone call to machine with his own money," she said. remind you to pay up. Always willing to help Lisa decided she wanted to be police of- you out or just shoot the breeze for a couple of ficer and help people just as that man had minutes, Lisa is a definite presence on Rice helped her and her siblings. campus. She started out, however, as medical assis- tant because the police academy used to have Lisa and her two boys, 14-year-old Andrew a height requirement for women of five feet (he's quick to tell you he'll be 15 in March) and six inches. When the requirement was 12-year-old Justin moved into their apartment dropped, Lisa signed up. at Will Rice College in July 2002. Since then, I rode along with Lisa one Monday morn- the three have been part of student life at Will ing to get a glimpse of exactly what it is that Rice, eating meals with students every day, she and the other officers around campus do holding weekly Thursday night DDR (that's all day. As soon as I saw her, Lisa apologized. Dance Dance Revolution, for those of you who "Monday morning is always slow," she said. aren't with it) in their apartment or taking students out for a weekend camping trip. Lisa is an offensive lineman for Will Rice's After sitting in on a few hours of her Mon- powderpuff team, practices with the Will Rice day morning routine, I am apt to agree, though

CAIT TOPHAM/THRESHER Beer-Bikers ("I'll let a student be on the team Lisa does know how to handle a tricky situa- instead of me, though — unless my time is tion. She told me a story of how she caught a significantly better," she says) and has an man who had been stealing books from George LISA BLOTTER outstanding chug time of just 2.3 seconds. R. Brown Hall. Apparently, no one could fig- Some might think it would be difficult for ure out who the man was, but Lisa matched We followed Lisa Monday, January 27 to learn about a morning in the life of a Rice Lisa to be a Resident Associate, and, therefore, witness descriptions to a man who had previ- University Police Officer. Here are the highlights: surely the witness to tons of underage drink- ously been arrested on campus. When RUPD ing and other debauchery. She told me she got a call from a graduate student that the man 9:16 a.m. A woman trying to get into Allen Center lot to park for an sees her students at Will Rice as her neigh- who was stealing books was in the building, interview is confused by the parking gates and lack of bors. Lisa went with other officers to the scene of instructional signs. She sees Lisa's police car and asks her the crime. She passed the man (the same one o for help. Lisa instructs her to press the button on the "If I lived in a suburb, I wouldn't knock on my neighbors doors and try to bust their kids she identified from witness descriptions) on a gate and ask the department where she should park. She staircase and yelled for him to stop. He began wishes she could be more helpful, but laments, "As RUPD for underage drinking. I show the same re- spect for the privacy of my neighbors at Will to run, but she surprised him by asking if he officers, we have nothing to do with parking—that's a separate was a student. The man said he was a student department." Rice." she said. "Of course, if I saw someone in immediate danger, I would do anything I could and stopped running long enough for Lisa to to help." grab his wrists. I quickly came to the conclu- 9:29 a.m. Lisa jump-starts a car in Will Rice College lot. The campus sion that Lisa's job requires intelligence, quick- police have cords so long, you don't even have to push your car thinking and courage, even if Monday morn- out of its parking space. If I lived in a ings are usually boring. As with all things, Lisa reports that there 9:41 a.m. Lisa writes up a report on a monitor that was noticed ii are down sides to being a police officer. People missing from the Will Rice fourth-floor computer lab. In the suburb, I wouldn't think you know everything about Houston. old monitor's place was a smaller one with a broken display. "I don't like going to Kroger in my uniform Sounds like the work of a professional — probably not a because people will stop me multiple times student. knock on my and ask for directions. I don't know where everything is, but they think I do." 10.26 a.m. Reported broken lock at Abercrombie Engineering neighbor's doors She also wishes she could still ride her bike Laboratory. They had it fixed by the time Lisa arrived, so no instead of driving around in a police car for official report was filed. Lisa did report, however, eight hours. Lisa misses the interactions she "Abercrombie has the most poorly numbered rooms of any and try to bust their had with students and staff when she rode building on campus." kids for underage around on a bike and thinks she seems unap- proachable in the car. The cars are good when 10.46 a.m. A fire alarm is set off by something in the Martel College it rains, though. west basement. Lisa rushes to the scene to see what's drinking." "Sometimes I'll see a student walking and wrong, and we even get to use the siren and lights going down I'll just pull over and ask if they need a ride." Rice Blvd. It ends up that a construction worker accidentally USA HEIDEN I know a student or two who would be set the alarm off. so we run to the commons to turn it off. Lisa overjoyed at the sight of a police car pulling knows alarms in the morning are a serious situation for Lisa wasn't always a police officer, but she over to give them a ride home from the sta- students. has always wanted to be one. When Lisa was in dium on a cold winter niglu. third grade, her parents divorced and she and Most of all, Lisa wants to help out people at 10.55 a.m. Lisa picks up a bounced check from the cashier. Sometimes, her siblings were sent to different foster homes. Rice. (That's probably why she got voted people bounce checks for only $5 (what?), but she's hit the They made a promise to each other that if they "Rice's Favorite Campo.") So don't be afraid jackpot this time with a $2,000 hot one. Lisa works as Rice were split up, they'd run away and be together, to ask Lisa for anything — or just stop by her University's one-woman collection agency. She enjoys this but after a few days on the street Lisa and her patrol car for a chat — because that's why she part of the job, saying, "I like writing up reports or working siblings figured out that they couldn't live became an officer in the first place, and she'd on cases that can be solved and have a definite ending." alone and went to a police officer to tell him be more than happy to do anything she can about their situation. for you.

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LITTLE BROTHER A shot of Pei Wei's stucco exterior. Though the diner is cheaper, it's still just as trendy. Expect soccer moms in Tahoes and River Oaks dwellers grabbing a bite between tennis lessons and yoga at the Houstonian. KNIGHT/THRESHEP

Chinese 'fast food' goes chicMA X WIER

PEI WEI ASIAN DINER traditional fried rice, pad thai or lo mein. There are others that I learned from her that you can combine the main ingredients 5110 BUFFALO SPDWY feature more adventurous ingredients, such as lobster sauce as you wish. This dish will become«n instant favorite for those or a chili-seared garlic soy sauce. The signature dishes range who like curry, but not too much of it — it's a very light flavor. in price from $6.45-$9.00. Several of these are marked as a Other preparation methods ir. ;lude traditional beef and broc- Hie Rice populace loves P. F. Chang's Asian fusion cuisine. spicy dishes but can be made even spicier on request. This may coli, General Chu and sweet and sour. We are not. however, enamored with two-and-a-half hour waits seem absurd to some, but I found that it was actually necessary More daring choices are the Hoisin Explosion, featuring for a table. Luckily, the clever minds at P. F. Chang's have for the amount of spice I desired. bell peppers and almonds, and Blazing Noodles, with a tomato solved this conundrum for us in the form of an Asian diner My favorite dish is Mandarin Kung Pao with beef, a great black pepper sauce and chow fun noodles. The Blazing Noodles named Pei Wei. Pei Wei is open daily for lunch and dinner and mix of the spiciness of the signature chili-seared soy sauce and are entirely too difficult to eat with chop sticks, and I'm no is located in the Plaza in the Park shopping center at the corner peanuts. It's a different yet wonderful flavor concept. My friend novice chopstick user. Utensils are available, of course. Also, of Buffalo Speedway and Westpark. tried the Mongolian beef with high expectations. P. F. Chang's there is a fairly limited selection of domestic and Asian beers The format is basically that of Cafe Express — you order at provides the Holy Grail in the quest for the perfect Mongolian and wines. a counter and don't have a waiter, per se. Instead, the entire beef. Sadly, this is one point where the two restaurants differ. I fully expect Pei Wei to be an instant hit for the Rice party receives a red disk with a number on it. Sprouting from Pei Wei's dish isn't bad, but it's just not the same. community. It combines the best of P. F. Chang's with Cafe the center of a container of chopsticks (the utensil of choice at On another visit, I decided on take out, which is something Express-style dining. But to end on a sad note, my friend and Pei Wei) on every table is a clip to hold your numbered disk. Pei Wei really hypes. The experience was just fine. The lady I both got the same fortune: 'To be loved, be lovable." True When your food is ready, a waiter brings it to you and takes taking my order offered some recommendations, and I ended enough, perhaps, but pearls of wisdom are always better away the number. up getting the Asian Coconut Curry with chicken and shrimp — dispersed on an individual level than en masse. Of course, you're probably more interested in what the waiter serves and not the innovative method Pei Wei has created to mark tables. P. F. Chang's sets very high expecta- tions for food quality, and I'm happy to report that Pei Wei hits the mark that its big brother sets. Although Pei Wei eschews Mellon Undergraduate Fellows Program some of P. F.'s fusion concept, the food is still flavorful and tasty. They have the usual appetizers, from the excellent The Mellon Undergraduate Fellows Program at Rice University is currently accepting lettuce wraps with shitake mushrooms to wontons and soup. applications from students interested in participating in a mentored program that prepares them These starters range in price from $1.95-$6.95. For the main course, the entrees are served to be shared, as is the case in for entering Ph.D. programs in selected disciplines after they graduate from Rice University. most Asian restaurants. Our Western sensibilities, however, Eligible fields are Humanities, Anthropology, Mathematics, Mathematical Sciences, make it seem more natural to just eat your own dish. Statistics, Physics, Geology, Ecology, and Earth Sciences. Pei Wei offers three categories of main dishes: salads, noodle and rice bowls, and signature dishes. The salads con- sist of two chicken salads, one spicy and one not, and Vietnam- Applicants should normally be completing their sophomore year as a student at Rice University. ese chicken salad rolls. The noodle and rice bowls and the Selection will be based on a number of attributes including but not limited to academic standing signature dishes are set up in a unique format. The menu lists and potential, life experiences and interests, commitment to building bridges in multicultural all the ways the kitchen can prepare the meals, and you then settings, and interest in pursuing graduate education. Students who participate in the program choose the main ingredient you'd like: beef, chicken, veg- etables/tofu, shrimp or scallops. The noodle and rice bowls receive a yearly stipend of $1,6(X), work closely with a faculty mentor for two years, and are also range in price from $6.25-$8.25. They offer a very traditional eligible for participation in summer fellowship programs at the end of their sophomore or junior Teriyaki bowl that is served with onions, cabbage, carrot, years. Finalists will be interviewed. Announcements will be made in March. spinach, scallion, sesame seeds and white or brown rice. This mix of ingredients appears to be a recurring theme at Pei Wei, but you're encouraged to alter what goes into your dish as you Application forms and additional information about the program can be picked up from the please. The Teriyaki bowl was extremely filling, tasty and was Office of the Associate Provost, Room 313A, Lovett Hall. more than enough for one, which means you can take some home! I'm sorry to report that the rice, although intended to be sticky for chop sticks, was overly damp and mushy. Unfortu- Application deadline is March 7. 2093 nately, this was no isolated incident. Other bowls include

LIFESTYLES 7 14FEBRUARY2003 STYLE opping in the Heights H MELISSA DOMINGUEZ

The Houston Heights, located north- shop range from African-inspired art to In- friends will envy. If fashion is your thing, west of downtown, was one of the first dian-style pottery. Equally as impressive to Edin is your store — just don't forget your planned communities in Texas during any antiquer is the Past Connection An- plastic. Prices aren't exactly low. The vintage the 1890s and more than 100 of its struc- tiques and Collectibles (235 W. 19th St.), shopper will find the Heights to be a para- tures are listed with the National Regis- which sells American and "old English" fur- dise. ter of Historic Places. This community niture, funky glassware, linens, toys and There are a number of resale shops, sec- has retained its small-town atmosphere vintage jewelry. ond-hand shops and consignment stores. and is a natural setting for the antique and My favorite is Chippendale Antiques, Whether you're looking for old graphic tees specialty shops for which it is well known. where one can find anything "in the vast or creative costumes for this year's Archi- It's the uniqueness of this spot that has menagerie of elegant to cute, fine to funky, Arts, you'll find it here at a decent price. earned it the distinction of "Best Shop- and country to cool." I'm embarrassed to Octobers Gallery Pavilion (244 W. 19th ping District" from Rice students. admit that I was quite infatuated with the St.) is Houston's pioneer alternative art Known officially as the "Historic Hous- odd assortment of "monkey" art and memo- house. "Radiant, whimsical and contempo- Wfone ton Heights," the small community-ori- rabilia in the display case of the shop. The rary" with its gift extravaganza, it was voted ented neighborhood has flourished into a name may say "antiques," but there's a lot of "Best craft gallery in Houston" and "Best unique mixture of beautiful homes, art fun stuff to check out in this store. place to buy unusual gifts" by the Houston galleries—and most importantly—fabu- After visiting a good handful of the an- Press. As Valentine's Day approaches, I urge lous shops. It is this collection of exclu- tique shops, it was time to take a peek into a you to let this be your salvation from the sive shops that makes the Houston few of the owner-operated shops that make chocolates-and-roses bit. Heights one of a kind. the Heights a shopping district apart from Haircut anyone? Venus Hair is the coolest The first thing that caught our atten- all the others in Houston. place to liven up those tresses. Featured in tion (and will probably capture yours) is Jubilee (321A W. 19th St.) is the winner Vogue magazine and in business for more the wide array of antique shops that carry in the "unusual stuff' category. Not only than 25 years, Venus Hair is home to the anything from Victorian furniture and does it offer Egyptian-inspired collectibles, experts of crazy cuts and colors. primitive pine to Oriental rugs, lamps, but it also carries the coolest T-shirts, retro For a cultural experience, tap into the mirrors, to chandeliers, upholstered clothes and colorful wigs I've ever seen. world of Mexican folk art at Casa Ramirez couches, chairs, benches and collectibles. There's stuff for both sexes, and even if Folk Art Gallery and La Tienda Mexicana Among the most distinctive of the you're not going to buy anything, it's cool to Zocalo. Celebrate the richness and beauty shops is the Charm of Yesterday (355 try on a crazy outfit. of Mexico with imported and custom-made W. 19th Street). The owner describes it If you're a really trendy shopper (and we ceramic art, rustic furniture and the all-im- as "an eccentric mix of off-beat col- knowyou want to be), then Edin is definitely portant pinatas. Kashba Imports offers Ori- lectibles, upholstered vintage furniture your place to shop. This very chic little shop ental and Middle Eastern imports, including and a surprise in every corner." The an- offers everything from the cute to the sexy, beautiful rugs, beaded bedding and exquis- tique treasures in this remarkable little to cool shoes and accessories that your ite ceramics. It is perhaps not of special interest to those living in a dorm, but it's nice to window shop. As with any shopping trip, we were left ** W St famished and took advantage of the Heights' vicinity for great eating choices. For authen- tic Mexican food visit Spanish Flower (4701 N. Main St). Great food, solid service and a happy tortilla lady (she walks around hand- ing out freshly made tortillas) make Spanish Flower a good pick. Even better, it's open 24 hours a day. The Historic Heights is an example of a fun outing that's right under our noses. Per- haps the funky mix is what made this district worthy of Rice's favorite shopping area. ( dtaii Whether you are in search of antiques, arts, crafts, jewelry, gifts, a haircut or simply looking for another source of procrastina- tion, a visit to W. 19th St. is time well spent. If you're looking for the Gap, visit the Rice Village, but if you're looking for something unusual, give the Heights a try. After all, did you ever get a compliment on that cool Abercrombie shirt that 50 other people in your anthropology class were wearing? We didn't think so.

SANDWICHES, ANYONE? The Historic Heights is almost a step back in time. From fun resale shops to interesting art galleries, there's plenty to do

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